47 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
About 47 Longcroft Lane
47 Longcroft Lane is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EB). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £661,000 is 14.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£644/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £575,500 in September 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
47 Longcroft Lane has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension and alterations to the fenestrations
- Reference
- 6/2021/2470/EMH
- Jul 2021Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension and loft conversion to include insertion of 3 x rear facing roof lights. Resurfacing of existing driveway and replacement of front door, side passage door and windows to ground and first floor front elevation and first floor rear elevation.
Extension- Reference
- 6/2021/1444/EMH
What's in 47 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£661,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£575,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 September 2020Most recent
£575,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EB: £577,500 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EB
29 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Nov 2023
£645,00017 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Sept 2023
£470,00043 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Apr 2021
£770,00051 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Feb 2021
£577,50065 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EB
Sold Oct 2020
£531,500
Everything we know about 47 Longcroft Lane, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Longcroft Lane homes
47 Longcroft Lane outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,934
Street avg £5,369
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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
0.2 km
Sainsbury's — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Peartree Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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