Top Flat, 3 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
About Top Flat
Top Flat is a property in Worthing (BN14 9LD). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 720 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: November 2019 at £228,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2007. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 is 10.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 66.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Top Flat's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Dec 2020
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Planning history
1 application on record at Top Flat, 3 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
- Aug 2007Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Erection of front and rear dormer windows in conjunction with rooms in the roof.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 07/0779/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
Top Flat has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£252,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 21 years.
£228,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
22 November 2019Most recent
£228,000
+38.2%over 10 months18 January 2019
£165,000
-12.0%over 2 years26 April 2016
£187,500
+44.8%over 12 years30 March 2004
£129,500
+36.3%over 2 years30 November 2001
£95,000
+126.2%over 2 years12 March 1999
£42,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN14 9LD: £252,250 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in BN14 9LD
Ground Floor Flat, 3 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
Sold Jun 2025
£252,25025 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
Sold Mar 2025
£225,0009 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
Sold Oct 2024
£950,000Flat 1, 24 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
Sold Apr 2021
£300,0001 Cissbury Road, Worthing, BN14 9LD
Sold Mar 2021
£671,500
Versus other Cissbury Road homes
Habitable Rooms for Top Flat runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,410
Street avg £2,347
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cissbury Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Broadwater CofE Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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