Plecy Close West Parley, Dorset
16 addresses across 3 postcodes (BH22), about 200 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 12200823.
- Sales: 22 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £510,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026 (-0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,059 a month.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 4, E: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Chapel Lane ERF, is 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bournemouth, about 7.3 km (4.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Millennium Park, is about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 30 to 32 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Orchid House Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 10 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £510,000 | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £720,000 | £720,000 | £720,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £415,000 | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £525,000 | £475,000 | £575,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £362,475 | £325,000 | £399,950 |
| 2015 | 1 | £425,000 | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £399,950 | £399,950 | £399,950 |
| 2011 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2009 | 3 | £295,000 | £250,000 | £380,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £345,000 | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2023 | 1 BH22 8QL | Detached | £510,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2007 | 1 BH22 8QL | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2005 | 1 BH22 8QL | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2020 | 2 BH22 8QL | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2014 | 2 BH22 8QL | Detached | £399,950 | |
| 4 Dec 2009 | 2 BH22 8QL | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 28 Nov 1997 | 2 BH22 8QL | Detached | £134,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2011 | 3 BH22 8QL | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 7 Sep 2004 | 3 BH22 8QL | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2001 | 4 BH22 8QL | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2016 | 5 BH22 8QL | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 11 Jan 1999 | 5 BH22 8QL | Detached | £127,000 | |
| 22 Jul 2015 | 8 BH22 8QL | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2002 | 8 BH22 8QL | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2020 | 9 BH22 8QL | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2016 | 9 BH22 8QL | Detached | £399,950 | |
| 20 May 2009 | 9 BH22 8QL | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 8 Jun 1995 | 9 BH22 8QL | Detached | £92,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2022 | 10 BH22 8QL | Detached | £720,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2021 | 10 BH22 8QL | Detached | £415,000 | |
| 3 Jul 2009 | 12 BH22 8QL | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 26 Jan 2006 | 12 BH22 8QL | Detached | £240,000 |
House prices and rents in Dorset
A typical home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026, 0.4% less than a year before. That is 9% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £519,998 |
| Semi-detached | £333,127 |
| Terraced | £267,978 |
| Flat or maisonette | £169,474 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £257,241 |
Private renters in Dorset paid £1,059 a month on average in September 2026, 4.2% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £733 |
| Two bedrooms | £969 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,194 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,688 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 109 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (8); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (7); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,311 kWh of it on average in 2024, 8% more than the district's 12,285 kWh, and 3,767 kWh of electricity, 10% more than the district's 3,431 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH22 8QL | 14 | 3,028 kWh | 13 | 12,816 kWh |
| BH22 8QH | 6 | 5,078 kWh | 7 | 18,794 kWh |
| BH22 8QJ | 16 | 2,416 kWh | 16 | 11,698 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BH22.
Council tax
What each band costs in Dorset in 2026-27: Band D £2,765 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,843 | £2,151 | £2,458 | £2,765 | £3,379 | £3,994 | £4,608 | £5,530 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (50% of about 700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodtown Farm Dorset 3/14/0956/FUL | Solar farm | 3.8 MW | Operational Dec 2015 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 8/12/0512 | Solar farm | 20 MW | Operational Mar 2014 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Eco Composting Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 8/11/0268 | Biomass | 3.2 MW | Operational Mar 2017 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Chapel Lane ERF Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 8/21/0207/FUL | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 3.4 MW | Being built Aug 2024 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Canford Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole APP/12/01559/F | Advanced Conversion Technologies | 10 MW | Being built Jan 2015 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH22 8QL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BH22 8QH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BH22 8QJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into (S) Trib of Moors River.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge Road Pumping Station Wessex Water | (S) Trib of Moors River | 0 | 0 | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 30 m and 32 m above sea level (31 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH22 8QH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BH22 8QJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BH22 8QL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bournemouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Branksome 280,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Pokesdown 377,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Glenmoor Road Shops Dudsbury | 240 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bournemouth University Talbot Heath | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Tuckton Tea Gardens Ferry Landing | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 87.6 km (54 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orchid House Surgery Good Jul 2018 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ferndown Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ferndown Dental Practice | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | St Leonards Hospital | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Care homes | 10 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ferndown Manor Good Mar 2023 | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank | 310 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Millennium Park 5,420 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 90 m² | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.2 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Longham Allotment Gardens 1.5 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parley Barrow, a bowl barrow on the corner of Ellesfield Drive and Druid's Close, a scheduled monument, 340 m south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Parley Barrow, a bowl barrow on the corner of Ellesfield Drive and Druid's Close | Scheduled monument | 340 m south |
| Bowl barrow on Poor Common 370m north east of Holmwood | Scheduled monument | 610 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Mag's Barrow | Scheduled monument | 700 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Poor Common | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Belle Vue Plantation | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Dudsbury Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Longham Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| The Bog | Wetland | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) west |
| Fernheath Valley | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, railways or aircraft.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Dorset: see them on the Dorset page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parley First School | Primary | 4–9 | 290 m | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Ferndown First School | Primary | 4–9 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Ferndown Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 45% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 1% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 53% in 2023) |
| Ferndown Upper School | Secondary | 13–19 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.9 (45.7 in 2025 and 48.3 in 2024); 41.7% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 10% AAB or better; progress average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 310 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow's End Montessori School BH22 8QE | Full day care | 27 | Outstanding (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 310 m |
| Muddy Munchkins Forest Nursery BH22 8SS | Full day care | 30 | Good (Oct 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Ferndown Day Nursery BH22 9BG | Full day care | 45 | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Parley Community Pre School BH22 8SQ | Sessional day care | 30 | Nov 2025: Strong standard in 6 areas | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| The Caterpillar Club BH22 9FB | Full day care | 22 | Outstanding (Mar 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 115 childminders and 23 home childcarers (nannies) in Dorset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wok & Fry BH22 8QE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 280 m | 5 Very good | 26 Jun 2025 |
| Tesco Express BH22 8QE | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Rainbows End Montessori School BH22 8QE | School/college/university | 290 m | 5 Very good | 26 Sep 2023 |
| Cleverchefs @ Parley First School BH22 8QE | School/college/university | 290 m | 5 Very good | 19 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Plecy Close (4); On or near Gorseland Court (4); On or near Ellesfield Drive (1); On or near Glenmoor Road (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 69 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 56% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 73% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 34% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 59% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- BH22 8QL: 14 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- BH22 8QH: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- BH22 8QJ: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Brune Way · Ellesfield Drive · Berkley Avenue · Gorseland Court · Dudsbury Road · Mansfield Close · Fitzpain Road · Fitzpain Close · Cammel Road · Druids Close · Ebor Close · Henchard Close
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.