4 Church Road, Polegate, BN26 5BX
About 4 Church Road
4 Church Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5BX). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.
At 160 m² it's 19.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (134 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £520,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£250/sq ft) was about 29.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £430,000 in November 2021. 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 2022.
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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
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Garagedouble
Energy performance
4 Church Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY LINK EXTENSION
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2022/0669/LDP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Church Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£520,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 22 years.
£430,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
5 November 2021Most recent
£430,000
+100.0%over 19 years24 April 2002
£215,000
+79.2%over 2 years23 November 1999
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5BX: £450,000 (2023–2017).
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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 Church Road homes
Years Held for 4 Church Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,688
Street avg £3,424
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
Walnut Walk — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 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
52.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB