6 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR
About 6 Cornmead
6 Cornmead is a three-bedroom detached house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7QR). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£596/sq ft) was about 126.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £590,000. 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
Outside
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jan 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2022ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension and a single storey front/side extension with alterations to openings including insertion of roof lights onto the existing and proposed roofs. Removal of existing shed.
- Reference
- 6/2022/0041/EM
- Mar 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Removal of existing shed, erection of a single storey rear/side extension and a single storey front/side extension, plus alterations to openings to include insertion of roof lights into existing and proposed roofs
- Reference
- 6/2022/0033/HOUSE
What's in 6 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 6 Cornmead was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£617,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.1% per year over 3 years.
£590,000
Growth on file: 12.1% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
1 September 2022Most recent
£590,000
+34.1%over 2 years3 February 2020
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7QR: £365,000 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in AL8 7QR
10 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR
Sold May 2025
£437,5003 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR
Sold Jul 2020
£395,00012 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR
Sold Jan 2019
£365,0009 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR
Sold Jul 2014
£250,0001 Cornmead, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7QR
Sold Nov 2013
£250,000
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Versus other Cornmead homes
6 Cornmead outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,413
Street avg £3,542
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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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
Uplands — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Monk's Walk School. 17 schools nearby.
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