7 Downsway, Station Road, Berwick, Polegate, BN26 6TD
About 7 Downsway
7 Downsway is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Berwick, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 6TD). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £610,000 in December 2019. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 55.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
7 Downsway's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Downsway has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- May 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
PROPOSED REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY WITH SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2018/0604/F
- Oct 2015OutbuildingFullIn report
PROPOSED GARDEN STUDIO
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2015/1657/F
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 7 Downsway was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£649,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 23 years.
£610,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
2 December 2019Most recent
£610,000
+26.4%over 5 years6 December 2013
£482,500
+141.3%over 11 years29 July 2002
£199,950
+53.8%over 2 years10 April 2000
£130,000
+65.6%over 3 years16 June 1996
£78,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 6TD: £469,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BN26 6TD
14 Downsway, Station Road, Berwick, Polegate, BN26 6TD
Sold Jun 2025
£475,00011 Downsway, Station Road, Berwick, Polegate, BN26 6TD
Sold Feb 2023
£225,0002 Downsway, Station Road, Berwick, Polegate, BN26 6TD
Sold Sept 2021
£577,5004 Downsway, Station Road, Berwick, Polegate, BN26 6TD
Sold Mar 2021
£410,0001 Downsway, Station Road, Berwick, Polegate, BN26 6TD
Sold Nov 2020
£469,000
Everything we know about 7 Downsway, 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 Downsway homes
7 Downsway outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,526
Street avg £3,134
Floor Area
173 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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
Berwick (Sussex) Rail Station — railway station.
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
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB