Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
17 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
101 m²
1087 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 52
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 17 Sandbrook Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Sandbrook Road is a detached house in Orrell, Wigan, Wigan (WN5 8UD). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since June 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 101 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £192,000 sits 125.9% above the 2006 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 38% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Sandbrook Road 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2025
Current Certificate
Feb 2015EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E52
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 February 2025
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
2 applications on record at 17 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
2decisions14documents7nearby
Flagged:Subdivision
- Oct 2015SubdivisionAmendmentOutcome in report
Conversion of offices into two flats.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2015/0789/COU
- More recent applications — locked
- SubdivisionMay 2016Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£192,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2006)
£85,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 June 2006Most recent
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WN5 8UD: £200,000 (2026–2017).
Nearby sales in WN5 8UD
28 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Jan 2026
£225,00024 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold May 2024
£200,00020 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold May 2019
£215,00034 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Feb 2017
£175,00030 Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 8UD
Sold Dec 2007
£160,000
Versus other Sandbrook Road homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
17 Sandbrook Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£842
Street avg £1,718
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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Crime
22/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Delphside Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Up Holland High School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WN5 8UD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.0dB
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