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1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF

1 planning record
Property type
End terrace
Habitable rooms
7
From EPC
Floor area
148 m²
1593 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 40
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 1 Hills Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1 Hills Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Great Ouseburn, York, York (YO26 9RF). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £561,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 41.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £495,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

1 Hills Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 Hills Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

  1. Jun 2010
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Erection of single storey rear extensions to 2 and 3 Hills Cottages.

    Documents
    25 docs on file
    Reference
    10/01739/FUL
    View planning record

What's in 1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£561,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 17 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£495,000

Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 17 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 March 2021Most recent

    £495,000

    +72.2%over 17 years
  2. 9 February 2004

    £287,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 9RF: £675,000 (2024–2020).

On the street

Versus other Main Street homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On floor area, 1 Hills Cottages stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£3,345

Street avg £3,886

On par

Floor Area

148 m²

Street avg 75 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

11.0 t/year

Street avg 6.2 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 1 Hills Cottages

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Green Hill — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Great Ouseburn Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 9RF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for YO26 9RF

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for YO26 9RF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 1 Hills Cottages, Main Street, Great Ouseburn, York, YO26 9RF. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.