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34 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY

10 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
91 m²
980 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 73
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 34 Fordwich Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

34 Fordwich Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £834,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£771/sq ft) was about 97.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £755,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
  • Open-plan layoutYes
  • Dining roomYes
  • StudyYes
  • FireplaceYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-east-facing
  • DrivewayYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

34 Fordwich Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Mar 2024

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C73
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 34 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

A tree works application was refused at 34 Fordwich Road in 2022.

  1. Aug 2024
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    15ft crown reduction to 9 x Conifers at rear of garden

    Reference
    6/2024/0846/EMT
    View planning record
  2. Jun 2024
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    15ft crown reduction to 9 x conifers at rear of garden

    Reference
    6/2024/0803/TC
    View planning record

What's in 34 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY's planning history?

8 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£834,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 7 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£755,000

Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 7 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 6 January 2021Most recent

    £755,000

    +48.0%over 6 years
  2. 11 June 2014

    £510,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EY: £708,000 (2024–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Fordwich Road homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 34 Fordwich Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£8,297

Street avg £5,218

Strongly above

Floor Area

91 m²

Street avg 117 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

2.7 t/year

Street avg 4.5 t/year

Strongly above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Welwyn Garden City district page.

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

Longcroft Green — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Applecroft School. 22 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 34 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.