Moonrakers, Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU
About Moonrakers
Moonrakers is a detached house in Sutton Veny, Warminster, Warminster (BA12 7AU). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 68.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 161 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (195 m² median across 13 EPCs). Last sale on file: £725,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Moonrakers's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey extension at Moonrakers.
- Oct 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing garage and erection of new single storey extension to form new kitchen/diner.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2022/06486
- Apr 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Purple Leaf Plum, in decline, Fell. T2 Holly, disturbing boundary wall, fell.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01943/TCA
What's in Moonrakers, Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU's planning history?
9 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.
£756,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£725,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 March 2022Most recent
£725,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA12 7AU: £725,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in BA12 7AU
14 Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU
Sold Sept 2022
£935,00016 Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU
Sold Apr 2022
£835,00012 Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU
Sold Mar 2022
£530,00011 Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU
Sold Jan 2021
£585,0004 Bests Lane, Sutton Veny, Warminster, BA12 7AU
Sold Oct 2020
£725,000
Versus other Bests Lane homes
Moonrakers outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,503
Street avg £3,197
Floor Area
161 m²
Street avg 187 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.8 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
Dymocks Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Sutton Veny CofE School. 3 schools nearby.
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