47 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
About 47 Fordwich Road
47 Fordwich Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 70).
At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 10 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension, a garage conversion and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £896,000 is 12.4% above the 2021 sale price. Sold April 2021 for £797,500. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
47 Fordwich Road has been through 9 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Oct 2025RenovationIn report
Replacement 3-pane rear facing bathroom window with 2-pane window of similar appearance. The gap created by the removal of the 3rd pane will be filled with bricks consistent with the rest of the building
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 6/2025/1735/EM
- Nov 2023RenovationIn report
Replacement of UPV front door with wooden door
New Windows- Reference
- 6/2023/1965/EM
What's in 47 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.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£896,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 22 years.
£797,500
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
15 April 2021Most recent
£797,500
+250.5%over 21 years5 August 1999
£227,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6EY: £708,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in AL8 6EY
40 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Aug 2024
£708,00049 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Jul 2024
£780,00038 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Nov 2023
£593,0002 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Aug 2022
£675,00018 Fordwich Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6EY
Sold Jan 2022
£856,000
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Versus other Fordwich Road homes
On floor area, 47 Fordwich Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,557
Street avg £5,485
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
Longcroft Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Applecroft School. 22 schools nearby.
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