26 Gorringe Close, Eastbourne, BN20 9SU
About 26 Gorringe Close
26 Gorringe Close is a semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 9SU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£513/sq ft) was about 119% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it's 23.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 22 EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
2 applications on record at 26 Gorringe Close, Eastbourne, BN20 9SU
- May 2023Loft ConversionOutlineOutcome in report
PROPOSED LOFT CONVERSION WITH HIP TO GABLE ROOF EXTENSION, REAR DORMER, ROOF WINDOWS AND ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS. ADDITIONAL ROOF VOLUME 49.00 CUBIC METRES.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2023/1117/LDP
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£345,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 November 2022Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN20 9SU: £350,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BN20 9SU
Versus other Gorringe Close homes
26 Gorringe Close is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£5,517
Street avg £3,524
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
The Triangle — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Willingdon Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB







