26 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
About 26 Parkfields
26 Parkfields is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6ED). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It hasn't traded since May 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £792,000 sits 88.6% above the 2007 sale of £420,000. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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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
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
26 Parkfields's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A tree works application was refused at 26 Parkfields in 2023.
- Jan 2025Garage ConversionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension and garage conversion with alterations to openings and raising of roof
Extension- Reference
- 6/2024/1835/EM
- Jan 2025Garage ConversionFullIn report
Garage conversion with extension to rear, alterations to the fenestration and raising of roof
Extension- Reference
- 6/2024/1984/HOUSE
What's in 26 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED's planning history?
5 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£792,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£420,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 May 2007Most recent
£420,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6ED: £640,000 (2020–2005).
Nearby sales in AL8 6ED
18 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Oct 2020
£650,0008 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Jul 2020
£727,00010 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Dec 2016
£640,00024 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Apr 2005
£380,0004 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6ED
Sold Feb 2005
£450,000
Everything we know about 26 Parkfields, 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 Parkfields homes
On price per m², 26 Parkfields runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,360
Street avg £5,377
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
0.1 km
Sainsbury's — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Peartree Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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