Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedHolly Cottage, Black Dykes Lane, Upper Poppleton, York, YO26 6PT
5 sales on record
About Holly Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Holly Cottage is a semi-detached house in Upper Poppleton, York, York (YO26 6PT). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 5.2% per year against 0.2% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 37.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer was September 2025 at £260,000 — fresh data. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate(1 of 3)
Aug 2025
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C74
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
1.6 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Holly Cottage, Black Dykes Lane, Upper Poppleton, York, YO26 6PT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Holly Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Jun 2011Tree WorksTreesNo Objections from LPA
Fell Birch in the Conservation Area
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for Holly Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£273,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 30 years.
Last sold (2025)
£260,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 30 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Black Dykes Lane homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, Holly Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,906
Street avg £4,403
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the York district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hodgson Lane — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 6PT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 36 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Holly Cottage, Black Dykes Lane, Upper Poppleton, York, YO26 6PT. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.