51 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
About 51 Forest Drive
51 Forest Drive is a six-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 652 m² (around 7018 sq ft) and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (September 2017) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £4,161,000 is 16.8% below the 2025 sale of £4,999,999, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£712/sq ft) was about 128.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 652 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). Most recent transfer was February 2025 at £4,999,999 — fresh data. 11 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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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
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms4
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
- Swimming poolYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
51 Forest Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
51 Forest Drive has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Mar 2021ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear single storey orangery extension
- Agent
- Andy Barrett Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00443/FULL6
- Mar 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Group of 5x Silver Birch - Reduce by 4m back to previous cut points. Cut back 2m clear from property. Chestnut in front garden - Repollard back to previous cut points.
- Agent
- Aztech Tree Services Ltd
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00387/TREE
What's in 51 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE's planning history?
9 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 51 Forest Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£4,161,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 30 years.
£4,999,999
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 30 years.
Sales timeline
28 February 2025Most recent
£4,999,999
+276.6%over 11 years16 January 2014
£1,327,500
+60.9%over 14 years5 July 1999
£825,000
+77.4%over 4 years18 May 1995
£465,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6EE: £1,725,000 (2024–2020).
Everything we know about 51 Forest Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Forest Drive homes
On years held, 51 Forest Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,669
Street avg £5,203
Floor Area
652 m²
Street avg 386 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 10.9 t/year
Years Held
1 years
Street avg 11 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB