Beacon View, Common Lane, Upton, Pontefract, WF9 1DE
About Beacon View
Beacon View is a semi-detached house in Upton, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF9 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2014. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in December 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 sits 251.5% above the 1995 sale of £51,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 37.4% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Beacon View has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Beacon View's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£181,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£51,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 December 1995Most recent
£51,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF9 1DE: £152,000 (2019–2013).
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£125,000
Versus other Common Lane homes
On price per m², Beacon View runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£526
Street avg £1,513
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Grosvenor Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Upton Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB







