3 Cottonmill Lane is a semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 831 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 13.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 sits 50.4% above the 2010 sale of £389,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
3 Cottonmill Lane's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Nov 2019
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Amendment to planning permission 5/2014/2250 dated 11/05/2015 for the Demolition of existing conservatory and side extension and construction of part single, part two storey rear and single storey side extension and insertion of first floor side windows
Price for 3 Cottonmill Lane has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.4% per year over 14 years.
£389,000
Growth on file: 13.4% per year over 14 years.
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cottonmill Crescent — bus stop.
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Variation of Condition 3 (obscure glazing and non- opening) to planning permission 5/2014/2250 dated 11/05/2015 for Demolition of existing conservatory and side extension and construction of part single, part two storey rear and single storey side extens
Full planning data for 3 Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, AL1 1HL
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9 March 2010Most recent
£389,000
+41.5%over 6 years21 March 2003
£275,000
+18.0%25 October 2002
£233,000
+264.1%over 6 years17 November 1995
£64,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in AL1 1HL: £77,000 (1995–1995).
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Closest school
0.1 km
St Peter's School. 29 schools nearby.