1 Digswell Park Cottages, Digswell Park Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NN
About 1 Digswell Park Cottages
1 Digswell Park Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7NN). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
12 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £633,000 is 19.4% above the 2022 sale price. Sold September 2022 for £530,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 1 Digswell Park Cottages was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Mar 2025ConditionsIn report
Submission of details pursuant to condition number 1 (materials samples), 2 (window plans), 3 (insulation), 4 (fireplace) & 5 (roof repairs), on planning permission 6/2024/0988/LB
- Reference
- 6/2025/0166/COND
- Mar 2025ConditionsIn report
Submission of details pursuant of condition 1 (samples of materials) and condition 2 (additional drawings of new windows) on planning permission 6/2024/0987/HOUSE
- Reference
- 6/2025/0169/COND
What's in 1 Digswell Park Cottages, Digswell Park Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NN's planning history?
10 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£633,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£530,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 2022Most recent
£530,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in AL8 7NN: £227,000 (2002–2002).
Everything we know about 1 Digswell Park Cottages, in one report
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Monk's Walk School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Monk's Walk School. 13 schools nearby.
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