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Old Mill House, Water Lane, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3LD

1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
218 m²
2347 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 47
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Old Mill House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Old Mill House is a detached house in Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3LD). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Old Mill House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
12.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Late 20th centuryDetached HouseEPC ENo mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Old Mill House, Water Lane, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3LD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.

1 application on record at Old Mill House, Water Lane, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3LD

1decisions1extensions10documents
Flagged:Demolition
  1. Feb 2023
    ConservatoryFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Rear of property

    To demolish existing conservatory and to rebuild in the same position a sun lounge extension with tiled roof

    ExtensionDemolition
    Documents
    10 docs on file
    Reference
    2022/0770/HPA
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£531,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2022)

£500,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 12 May 2022Most recent

    £500,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3LD: £445,000 (2023–2018).

On the street

Versus other Water Lane homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On co₂ emissions, Old Mill House runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,294

Street avg £2,312

On par

Floor Area

218 m²

Street avg 160 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

12.2 t/year

Street avg 8.7 t/year

Strongly below
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The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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1 Dale Court

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1 Ashbourne Drive

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Pontefract district page.
Full Pontefract report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Cemetery — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.

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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WF8 3LD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for WF8 3LD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for WF8 3LD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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