21 Birdcroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EH
About 21 Birdcroft Road
21 Birdcroft Road is a mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EH). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, 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
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Planning history at 21 Birdcroft Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Apr 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce beech tree stem growing over no 7 Parkway Gardens by 30%.
- Reference
- 6/2025/0071/EMT
- Apr 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce beech tree stem growing over no 7 Parkway Gardens by 30%
- Reference
- 6/2025/0069/TC
What's in 21 Birdcroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EH's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
21 Birdcroft Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£558,000
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 6EH: £445,000 (2021–2007).
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Versus other Birdcroft Road homes
21 Birdcroft Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
65 (D)
Street avg 70 (C)
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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
Birdcroft Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Applecroft School. 22 schools nearby.
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