Whitegates, West Park Drive, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3HX

Whitegates is a detached house in Darrington, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3HX). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2025) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 99). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 sits 83.9% above the 2021 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 27.6% below the postcode norm. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2022. Sold July 2021 for £180,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.