West View Startforth, County Durham

3 addresses across 3 postcodes (DL12), about 110 m long. USRN 11600477.

4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £150,000 across 1 sale. 1 homes have an energy certificate (D: 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. 65 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
20191£150,000£150,000£150,000
20171£111,000£111,000£111,000
20101£114,000£114,000£114,000
20031£76,500£76,500£76,500
Most recent sales (4)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
10 May 20195 DL12 8NTFlat or maisonette£150,000Leasehold.
19 Oct 20175 DL12 8NTFlat or maisonette£111,000Leasehold.
14 May 20106 DL12 8NTTerraced£114,000Leasehold.
19 Sep 20036 DL12 8NTTerraced£76,500Leasehold.

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 September 2017 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 149 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: 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.

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£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: yes, Barnard Castle. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 16.
  • 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.

Listed buildings

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 on this street 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 8NT100%100%100%0%
DL12 8NX100%100%100%0%
DL12 8PN100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 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 CatholicPrimary3–11270 m Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)
Montalbo Nursery & Primary SchoolPrimary3–11840 m Outstanding (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Green Lane Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.0 km No published inspection
Teesdale School and Sixth FormSecondary11–181.2 km No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 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
The Music Studio DL12 8PQRetailers - other50 mExempt
The Old Well Inn DL12 8PHPub/bar/nightclub90 m5 Very good26 Aug 2026
The Butty Market DL12 8PQTakeaway/sandwich shop100 m5 Very good26 Aug 2026
St Mary's Parish Hall DL12 8NQOther catering premises100 mExempt
The Shelter DL12 8NQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen100 m5 Very good17 Apr 2025
Artisan Corner DL12 8PQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen110 m4 Good10 Jul 2025
The Bengal Merchant DL12 8PHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen110 m4 Good26 Mar 2026
Yasho's Kitchen DL12 8PHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen120 m4 Good13 Aug 2026
The Blue Bell DL12 8QFPub/bar/nightclub120 m4 Good18 Feb 2020
Black Horse Hotel DL12 8NGPub/bar/nightclub120 m4 Good11 Feb 2020
Capri Pizzeria DL12 8NJRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen130 m5 Very good11 Jul 2024
NOON Living DL12 8PHRetailers - other130 mExempt
Castle Pizza DL12 8NDTakeaway/sandwich shop150 m5 Very good14 Nov 2023
Moments DL12 8NDRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen160 m5 Very good1 May 2026
Gelato Tutti DL12 8NFTakeaway/sandwich shop170 m5 Very good11 Jun 2025

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.

65 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences24
Anti-social behaviour13
Criminal damage and arson6
Vehicle crime4
Other theft4
Shoplifting4
Other crime3
Public order2
Drugs2
Burglary1
Bicycle theft1
Theft from the person1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Market Place (14); On or near Bridgegate (9); On or near Thorngate Wynd (7); On or near Thorngate (6); On or near Priory Yard (5).

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

West View · Demesnes · Cleasbys Yard · Priory Yard · The Bank · Wesley Terrace · Old School Close · Gray Lane · Old School Close · Thorngate · Bridge Inn Yard · Market Place

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.