72 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH
About 72 Parkway
72 Parkway is a mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 6HH). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£674/sq ft) was about 40.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £595,000. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 72 Parkway is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2019Tree WorksIn report
Reduce 1x Cherry tree by 2m (T1) Fell 1x Rowan tree (T2)
- Reference
- 6/2019/2046/EM
- Sept 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce 1x Cherry tree by 2m (T1) Fell 1x Rowan tree (T2)
- Reference
- 6/2019/2043/TC
What's in 72 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£619,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 19 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
15 September 2022Most recent
£595,000
+88.9%over 18 years8 January 2004
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 6HH: £580,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in AL8 6HH
66 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH
Sold Dec 2024
£580,00068 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH
Sold Jul 2023
£750,00050 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH
Sold Sept 2020
£600,00064 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH
Sold Jun 2019
£565,00056 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HH
Sold May 2017
£537,000
Everything we know about 72 Parkway, 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 Parkway homes
On years held, 72 Parkway runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,256
Street avg £6,132
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 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
Church Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Applecroft School. 20 schools nearby.
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