2 Newgate Cottages, Plodder Lane, Bolton BL5 1AH

End-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 103 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DA for £31,485 · £10,495 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£534.5 yrs+3.1 pts
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£1109.5 yrs+6.6 pts
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£10811.1 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£14550+ yrs+8.6 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£13450+ yrs+8.0 pts
Wind turbine£5,000 – £20,000£12050+ yrs+7.2 pts · reaches A

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,069
per year at grade D
£1,399
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £670 a year — a 2.1% annual return on £31,485.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Newgate Cottages: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over HultonPrimary0.3 mi
Heathfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Essa Primary AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Essa AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.73 · well above average (2023/24)
King's Leadership Academy BoltonSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
Ladybridge High SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Newgate Cottages

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
62.8
average score
D
most common grade
-4.8
this home vs street
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