56 Windmill Road, Polegate, BN26 5BQ
About 56 Windmill Road
56 Windmill Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 28.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Parkingoff_road
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
56 Windmill Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
56 Windmill Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 8 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
16 May 2022Most recent
£320,000
+14.3%over 4 years31 January 2018
£280,000
+47.5%over 3 years16 April 2014
£189,800
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5BQ: £322,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in BN26 5BQ
Everything we know about 56 Windmill Road, 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 Windmill Road homes
56 Windmill Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,384
Street avg £4,467
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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
0.3 km
Porters Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Polegate Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB