12 Chestnut Drive, Polegate, BN26 5AL
About 12 Chestnut Drive
12 Chestnut Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 40% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 19.4% below the postcode norm. 9 years since the last transfer (October 2017). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
12 Chestnut Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2019Garage ConversionOutlineIn report
CONVERSION OF INTEGRAL GARAGE TO GROOMING PARLOUR AND DOMESTIC UTILITY SPACE
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2019/1385/LDP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
12 Chestnut Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£336,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£240,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 October 2017Most recent
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5AL: £305,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in BN26 5AL
Everything we know about 12 Chestnut Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Chestnut Drive homes
On epc rating, 12 Chestnut Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,714
Street avg £2,506
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Polegate Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.6 km
Polegate Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB