1 Balmoral Gardens, BB3 2FH
Semi-detached house · Freehold · Darwen, North West
The full report on this property
A 5 page dossier for 1 Balmoral Gardens: every comparable sale within 400m with price per square metre, five years of planning applications around the address, crime trend, schools and stations, and the red flags worth raising before you offer.
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Sale history
- £230,000+24%(+£45,050)+5.0%/yr16 August 2024 · Semi-detached house
- £184,95030 September 2019 · Semi-detached house
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright). Completions appear roughly 7 weeks after the event.
Planning history at this property
No planning applications matched to this exact address in the records Praesago holds.
Address-matched planning coverage begins mid-2026; older applications are recorded by postcode only, so an empty history is not proof that nothing was ever filed here.
Around 1 Balmoral Gardens
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Local intelligence
Crime within 500 metres, nearest stations, schools and deprivation context around this address.
Crime within 500m
15offences in 12 months
- violence and sexual offences5
- criminal damage and arson4
- anti social behaviour2
- burglary2
Rail links
22min walk to Darwen
- Darwen1.8km · ~22 min
Schools within 1km
3within walking distance
- Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy256m
- Ashleigh Primary School469m
- Aurora Woodlands School611m
Dot = Ofsted rating: green good or outstanding, amber requires improvement
Deprivation (IMD)
3of 10
More deprived nationally
Area context
District-level figures for BB3, not specific to this address.
Deprivation by domain across BB3
Decile 1 = most deprived 10% of England nationally · Decile 10 = least deprived. This breakdown covers the whole district; the decile 3 figure above is for this address’s immediate neighbourhood specifically, so the two can differ.
Sources: Environment Agency flood risk, Ofcom Connected Nations, Defra air quality, English Indices of Deprivation 2025. District averages, not a per-address assessment.
This property’s energy certificate
EPC rating
certified March 2019
Source: MHCLG EPC register, matched to this address. Habitable rooms count bedrooms and receptions together. Certificates last up to 10 years, so details reflect the property at certification.
The area: Darwen (BB3)
Whether this address is a good buy depends on where Darwen is heading. Praesago tracks prices, crime, planning, schools and 30+ official sources for BB3, updated monthly.
Recent sales near 1 Balmoral Gardens
| 8 Balmoral Gardens | £103,384 | Apr 2026 |
| 18 Balmoral Gardens | £305,000 | Mar 2025 |
| 10 Balmoral Gardens | £280,000 | Jul 2024 |
1 Balmoral Gardens common questions
When did 1 Balmoral Gardens last sell and for how much?
1 Balmoral Gardens, BB3 2FH last sold for £230,000 on 16 August 2024, according to HM Land Registry.
How many times has 1 Balmoral Gardens been sold?
HM Land Registry records 2 sales at this address since 1995, from £184,950 in 2019 to £230,000 in 2024.
Is Darwen a good area?
Praesago scores Darwen (BB3) 57 out of 100 for area trajectory, based on 30+ official data sources covering prices, crime, planning and more. See the full Darwen area page for the breakdown.
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