1 Ruins Cottages, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, AL6 9BU
About 1 Ruins Cottages
1 Ruins Cottages is a semi-detached house in Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Welwyn (AL6 9BU). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Ruins Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Ruins Cottages has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Oct 2016Tree WorksTreesIn report
Dead and Dangerous application - Removal of dead Elm tree and reduction of 33% on Holly and Hawthorn hedge
- Reference
- 6/2016/2190/TPO
- Feb 2016ConditionsIn report
Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (materials), condition 4 (lights) and condition 5 (landscaping) on planning permission N6/2013/0132/S73B
- Reference
- 6/2015/2567/COND
What's in 1 Ruins Cottages, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, AL6 9BU's planning history?
6 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Ruins Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£515,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 2 sales in AL6 9BU: £1,125,000 (2015–2013).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
Mill — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Codicote Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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