32 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA
About 32 Longcroft Lane
32 Longcroft Lane is a semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EA). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 965 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Oct 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Aug 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Erection of a single storey garden room at rear of the garden
- Reference
- 6/2021/1728/EMH
- Aug 2020Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension and installation of rear dormer window with bullseye window at the side facade to facilitate a loft conversion.
Extension- Reference
- 6/2020/1624/HOUSE
What's in 32 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
32 Longcroft Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£522,000
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 5 sales in AL8 6EA: £600,271 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EA
24 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA
Sold May 2023
£710,00034 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA
Sold May 2018
£633,00030 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA
Sold Nov 2015
£503,99526 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA
Sold Oct 2015
£600,2716 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EA
Sold Apr 2014
£580,000
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Versus other Longcroft Lane homes
EPC Rating for 32 Longcroft Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 100 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Sainsbury's — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Peartree Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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