3 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE
About 3 Parkfields
3 Parkfields is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since March 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £774,000 sits 92.3% above the 2005 sale of £402,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 41.4% below the postcode norm. 12 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
3 Parkfields sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Mar 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Parkfields has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Dec 2025
- Dec 2025
What's in 3 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE's planning history?
10 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£774,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.2% per year over 9 years.
£402,500
Growth on file: 14.2% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
3 March 2005Most recent
£402,500
+241.1%over 9 years1 December 1995
£118,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EE: £779,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EE
15 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE
Sold Feb 2025
£650,00025 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE
Sold Nov 2023
£810,0005 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE
Sold Dec 2021
£705,00021 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE
Sold Aug 2020
£779,00027 Parkfields, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EE
Sold Jan 2017
£799,950
Everything we know about 3 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, 3 Parkfields runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,272
Street avg £6,518
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
0.7 km
Applecroft School. 21 schools nearby.
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