Startforth View Startforth, County Durham

4 addresses across 1 postcode (DL12), about 30 m long. USRN 39713188.

4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2009 the median was £140,000 across 1 sale. 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in County Durham costs £2,622 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 21 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20091£140,000£140,000£140,000
20001£72,000£72,000£72,000
19981£52,000£52,000£52,000
19971£55,000£55,000£55,000
Most recent sales (4)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
11 Sep 20092 DL12 9BHTerraced£140,000
22 Sep 20001 DL12 9BHTerraced£72,000
7 Apr 19982 DL12 9BHTerraced£52,000
27 Jun 19971 DL12 9BHTerraced£55,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from April 2016 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (1); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1976-1982 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (1); owner-occupied (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in County Durham in 2026-27: Band D £2,622 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,748£2,039£2,331£2,622£3,205£3,788£4,370£5,244

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (26% of about 1,280 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
DL12 9BH100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 30 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle Roman CatholicPrimary3–11710 m Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)
Montalbo Nursery & Primary SchoolPrimary3–11940 m Outstanding (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Green Lane Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km No published inspection
Teesdale School and Sixth FormSecondary11–181.5 km No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 30 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Kings Court Care Home - Care UK DL12 8NDHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises400 m5 Very good14 Jul 2025
The Blue Bell DL12 8QFPub/bar/nightclub420 m4 Good18 Feb 2020
Kirklands at Startforth Day Nursery DL12 9AQHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises430 m5 Very good4 Feb 2025
Teesdale Day Clubs DL12 9AQOther catering premises430 m5 Very good13 Aug 2025
The Old Well Inn DL12 8PHPub/bar/nightclub430 m5 Very good26 Aug 2026
NOON Living DL12 8PHRetailers - other440 mExempt
The Bengal Merchant DL12 8PHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen440 m4 Good26 Mar 2026
Yasho's Kitchen DL12 8PHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen440 m4 Good13 Aug 2026
Moments DL12 8NDRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen440 m5 Very good1 May 2026
Castle Pizza DL12 8NDTakeaway/sandwich shop450 m5 Very good14 Nov 2023
Pizza Cottage DL12 8NDTakeaway/sandwich shop450 m4 Good12 Dec 2024
Bowes Occasions DL12 8NBRetailers - other450 mAwaiting inspection
Heron Foods DL12 8NBRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets460 m5 Very good26 Jan 2026
The Mad Hatter Kitchen and Tearoom DL12 8NARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen460 m5 Very good18 Jun 2025
Boyes DL12 8NARetailers - other460 mExempt

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

21 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences10
Criminal damage and arson2
Other theft2
Vehicle crime2
Public order2
Burglary1
Anti-social behaviour1
Possession of weapons1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Teesdale Road (4); On or near Hisehope Close (3); On or near Tunstall Walk (3); On or near Flaxfield (3); On or near Grassholme Way (2).

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Low Startforth Road · Bowes Way · Ullathorne Rise · The Paddock · Deerbolt Bank · Burnhope Way · Temperance Terrace · The Sills · Teesdale Road · Boldron Lane · Castle Court · Grassholme Way

All the streets in DL12 and across County Durham.

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.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.