8 Ockley Lane, Hassocks, BN6 8BA

8 Ockley Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Hassocks (BN6 8BA). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

7 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 45.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.