What kind of home is 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ is a 5-bedroom detached house.

What was the last sold price for 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ last sold for £1,200,000 in January 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £190,000 in November 1997. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

Across 3 sales between November 1997 and January 2022, 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ rose from £190,000 to £1,200,000, a change of £1,010,000. That works out to roughly +7.9% per year compounded over 24 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

The current EPC rating for 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ is D with a score of 59 out of 100, lodged in March 2018. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (1,981 sq ft), around 37 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 37% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in BN16 1SJ. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ use?

The latest EPC at 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ is in council tax band G. That sits towards the upper end of the band ladder, typically reflecting larger or higher-value homes.

Which area is 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ in?

32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ sits in East Preston, Littlehampton, Littlehampton. It falls within the BN16 postcode district in West Sussex.

How safe is the area around 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

Police records around 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 4 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

The closest primary school to 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ is East Preston Infant School (1.5km), one of 4 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is The Angmering School (2.4km), with 2 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ?

The closest bus stop to 32 Coastal Road, BN16 1SJ is West Drive, 914m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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32 Coastal Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1SJ

3 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

184 m²

1981 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 59

Council tax

Band G

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 32 Coastal Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

32 Coastal Road is a five-bedroom detached house in East Preston, Littlehampton, Littlehampton (BN16 1SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

At 184 m² it sits well below the postcode median (282 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£606/sq ft) was about 112.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £1,200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.

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Risks

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Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms5
Bathrooms2

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

32 Coastal Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

D59

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

7.7 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 32 Coastal Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1SJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

May 2025
Loft ConversionFull
In report
Extension: Single storey
Alterations to external materials including replacement of tile hanging with cladding, render to ground floor walls, cladding to porch, 2 No. roof lights and replacement windows. Loft conversion with dormers to the front and rear elevations. Erection of carport and store to side elevation.
Extension
Reference
K/7/25/HH
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What's in 32 Coastal Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1SJ's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for 32 Coastal Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.

Current estimate

£1,192,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 24 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£1,200,000

Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

20 January 2022Most recent
£1,200,000
+148.7%over 17 years
1 December 2004
£482,500
+153.9%over 7 years
20 November 1997
£190,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BN16 1SJ: £2,850,000 (2025–2021).

Nearby sales in BN16 1SJ

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On the street

Versus other Coastal Road homes

Four headline reads against 24 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

32 Coastal Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£6,522

Street avg £4,199

Strongly above

Floor Area

184 m²

Street avg 311 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

7.7 t/year

Street avg 8.5 t/year

On par

Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

£525k

1 Arlington Crescent, East Preston

BN16 1DL

5 bed

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1 Elm Avenue, East Preston

BN16 1HJ

4 bed2 bath

£614k

1 Clarence Drive, East Preston

BN16 1EH

4 bed2 bath

£450k

1 Brou Close, East Preston

BN16 1DB

3 bed

£450k

1 Chiltern Close, East Preston

BN16 1RE

3 bed

£431k

1 Crossways, Old Worthing Road, East Preston

BN16 1DZ

3 bed2 bath

£393k

1 Coastguard Cottages, South Strand, East Preston

BN16 1PA

3 bed2 bath

£343k

1 Eastern Close, East Preston

BN16 1BS

3 bed

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Littlehampton district page.

Full Littlehampton report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.9 km

West Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

1.5 km

East Preston Infant School. 6 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BN16 1SJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

40.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BN16 1SJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.1dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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