26 St Ives Close, Welwyn, AL6 0BB
About 26 St Ives Close
26 St Ives Close is a detached house in Welwyn (AL6 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£618/sq ft) was about 106.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2023 for £1,258,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
26 St Ives Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 St Ives Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2024ExtensionOutlineIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for ground floor rear extension
- Reference
- 6/2024/1284/LAWP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 26 St Ives Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,212,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,258,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 January 2023Most recent
£1,258,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL6 0BB: £700,000 (2025–2021).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other St Ives Close homes
26 St Ives Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,656
Street avg £4,921
Floor Area
189 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Welwyn North Railway Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St John's CofE Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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