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Get startedPlantation Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Little Ouseburn, York, York (YO26 9TD). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a basement.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £986,000 is 19.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 42.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £825,000 in December 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 203 m² it's 26.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (160 m² median across 15 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
Plantation Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Jul 2024
Plantation Cottage has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
Reduction of Lilac (ST1) stem to 50mm. Crown reduction to 2.4m and lateral reduction to neighbours property of sycamore group (TG1). Reduce the verticle extension growth of 1 Apple tree (T1). Crown reduction to 2.4m of 1 Holly (H1). Crown lift to 1.8m of 1 Ornamental Cherry tree (T2). Lateral reduction of branches overhanging neighbours drive of 1 Purple Leafed Cherry Plum tree (T3). Lateral reduction of brances overhanging neighbours property of 1 Norway Maple tree (T4). Felling of 1 Golden Leylandii (T5). Crown reduction to 600mm of 1 Laurel (SH1). Structural prune of 1 Mountain Ash (T6). Felling of 1 Cherry (T7).Crown reduction by 1.2m of 1 Berberis (SH2). Crown reduction of 1 -1.2m of 1 Yew (SH3). Remove larger stems of 1 Hazel bush (SH4). Lateral reduction of canopy overhaning neighbours and structural prune of 1 Bird Cherry tree (T8). Within Little Ouseburn conservation area.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£986,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 19 years.
£825,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 19 years.
CO₂ Emissions for Plantation Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,064
Street avg £3,124
Floor Area
203 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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
0.3 km
Village Hall — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Felling of 1 Sycamore, 1 Leylandii and 2 Cherry Trees and formative pruning of 1 Apple Tree within the Little Ouseburn Conservation Area.
3 more applications for this property
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10 December 2021Most recent
£825,000
+13.0%over 6 years10 April 2015
£730,000
+9.8%over 9 years16 August 2005
£665,000
+47.8%over 3 years23 July 2002
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 9TD: £630,000 (2025–2023).
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CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
YO26 9RD
Closest school
1.1 km
Great Ouseburn Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB
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