7 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
About 7 Forest Drive
7 Forest Drive is a seven-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EE). It has a recorded floor area of 241 m² (around 2594 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 241 m² it sits well below the postcode median (373 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £2,169,000 is 28% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£653/sq ft) was about 139.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £1,695,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms7
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
7 Forest Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Forest Drive sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- May 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Beech in front garden - Remove major deadwood and reduce the remaining height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 1m, maintaining a natural shape.H1 Cherry Laurel on rear left hand boundary - Trim back height and garden side only of previous seasons re-growth to create a tight and compact hedge with correct level.T2 Cypress on rear boundary - Section fell as close to ground level as possible.T3 Oak on rear left hand boundary (neighbouring tree) - Remove major deadwood, split and hanging branches throughout crown and remove 3 lowest limbs overhanging the client's greenhouse.T4 Oak on rear left hand boundary neighbouring side - Reduce the overall height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 3m, cutting back to appropriate growing points where possible and remove major deadwood.
- Agent
- Trees Uk
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01121/TREE
- Nov 2021Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear addition with side infill link between dwelling and existing garage along with new annex over existing garage and raised terrace at rear. Loft conversion to form new bedroom along with new bathroom. addition to frontage at roof level to form new staircase extension.
ExtensionAnnex- Documents
- 37 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01585/FULL6
What's in 7 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£2,169,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,695,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 April 2021Most recent
£1,695,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6EE: £1,780,000 (2025–2020).
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Versus other Forest Drive homes
Habitable Rooms for 7 Forest Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,033
Street avg £5,243
Floor Area
241 m²
Street avg 409 m²
Habitable Rooms
12 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 10.9 t/year
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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.
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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
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB