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41 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE

EPC B9 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
6
Floor area
780 m²
8398 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 81
Council tax
Band H
Overview

About 41 Forest Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

41 Forest Drive is a six-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 780 m² (around 8398 sq ft) and council tax band H. The latest certificate (October 2009) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2007–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £3,303,000 is 20.4% below the 2015 sale of £4,150,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£494/sq ft) was about 77% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 780 m² the property is well over the postcode median (354 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). 9 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in January 2015.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms6
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

41 Forest Drive'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Oct 2019

EPC Rating

A
B
B81
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 41 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

41 Forest Drive has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.

  1. Nov 2016
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Fell one Oak tree at side of house adjacent to kitchen and garage

    Agent
    Architecturem Ltd
    Reference
    16/04783/TREE
    View planning record
  2. Sept 2016
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    Fell one Oak tree to the side of kitchen

    Agent
    architectureM
    Documents
    1 doc on file
    Reference
    16/03933/TREE
    View planning record

What's in 41 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE's planning history?

7 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2007.

Current estimate

£3,303,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 8 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2015)

£4,150,000

Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 8 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 January 2015Most recent

    £4,150,000

    +129.3%over 7 years
  2. 31 January 2007

    £1,810,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6EE: £1,725,000 (2025–2021).

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On the street

Versus other Forest Drive homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 41 Forest Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£5,319

Street avg £5,350

On par

Floor Area

780 m²

Street avg 379 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

11.0 t/year

Street avg 10.8 t/year

On par

Years Held

11 years

Street avg 11 years

Above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Keston district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.3 km

Rushley Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.8 km

Ravens Wood School. 15 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BR2 6EE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for BR2 6EE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.8dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for BR2 6EE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 41 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.