23 Brooklands Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8TT
About 23 Brooklands Drive
23 Brooklands Drive is a semi-detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 8TT). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
23 Brooklands Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
23 Brooklands Drive has an approved front extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
To extend dwellinghouse, dormer extension to front
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- A/05/63468
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Sales history & valuation
23 Brooklands Drive has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£175,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 8TT: £130,000 (2022–2005).
Nearby sales in WN5 8TT
21 Brooklands Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8TT
Sold Oct 2022
£130,0009 Brooklands Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8TT
Sold Oct 2013
£125,0006 Brooklands Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8TT
Sold Oct 2006
£123,5008 Brooklands Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8TT
Sold Apr 2006
£130,00017 Brooklands Drive, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8TT
Sold Dec 2005
£189,950
Versus other Brooklands Drive homes
EPC Rating for 23 Brooklands Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 77 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Delphside Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St James' Catholic Primary School Orrell. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.8dB







