13 Brockswood Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BA
About 13 Brockswood Lane
13 Brockswood Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7BA). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. 8 years since the last transfer (February 2018). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 151 m² it's 25.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £900,000 is 16.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£477/sq ft) was about 83.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
13 Brockswood Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Mar 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
13 Brockswood Lane has 6 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Nov 2017ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of first floor rear extension and installation of roof light and window to side elevation
- Reference
- 6/2017/2198/EM
- Nov 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of first floor rear extension plus installation of roof light and window to side elevation
- Reference
- 6/2017/2106/HOUSE
What's in 13 Brockswood Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7BA's planning history?
7 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 13 Brockswood Lane has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£900,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 22 years.
£775,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
27 February 2018Most recent
£775,000
+23.0%over 4 years15 August 2013
£630,000
+103.2%over 13 years10 August 2000
£310,000
+90.2%over 4 years1 December 1995
£163,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7BA: £490,000 (2023–2002).
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Versus other Brockswood Lane homes
Floor Area for 13 Brockswood Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,132
Street avg £4,948
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 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
0.2 km
Handside Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Applecroft School. 19 schools nearby.
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