8 Peter Street, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 0BS
About 8 Peter Street
8 Peter Street is a semi-detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2014) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96). The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 sits 296% above the 1999 sale of £44,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 45.5% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
8 Peter Street ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Peter Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Peter Street was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£178,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£44,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 July 1999Most recent
£44,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 0BS: £110,000 (2024–2012).
Versus other Peter Street homes
CO₂ Emissions for 8 Peter Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
86 (B)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 60 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 2.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Peter Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Dean Trust Wigan. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB







