8 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
About 8 Ashurst Avenue
8 Ashurst Avenue is a detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8DR). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
It hasn't traded since September 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £407,000 sits 421.8% above the 1998 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 63.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 69 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 36 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
8 Ashurst Avenue has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
4 applications on record at 8 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
- Sept 2011ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Erection of a first floor extension over existing flat roof to front
- Reference
- LW/11/0878
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsJan 2024Decision
- FullJun 2021Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
8 Ashurst Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£407,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£78,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 September 1998Most recent
£78,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN2 8DR: £497,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in BN2 8DR
43 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
Sold Jul 2025
£515,0005 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
Sold Mar 2025
£497,5004 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
Sold Dec 2024
£710,000Flat 1, 1 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
Sold Oct 2024
£220,00045 Ashurst Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DR
Sold Oct 2023
£475,000
Versus other Ashurst Avenue homes
CO₂ Emissions for 8 Ashurst Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,130
Street avg £4,367
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cissbury Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Telscombe Cliffs Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB







