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7 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN

3 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
200 m²
2153 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 7 Beechwood Drive

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

7 Beechwood Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6HN). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,363,000 is 15% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£550/sq ft) was about 64.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.

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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

  • Bedrooms4
  • Open-plan layoutYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-facing
  • GarageDouble, Integral
Energy

Energy performance

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

7 Beechwood 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Mar 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 7 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Feb 2019
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Two storey · Rear of property

    Erection of two storey rear extension; incorporating 1x side dormer window and 1x rear roof light window, and erection of 1x dormer window and 1x roof light window to existing side roof slope. (Amended description).

    Agent
    Space Design Consultants LTD
    Documents
    14 docs on file
    Reference
    18/05605/FULL6
    View planning record
  2. Nov 2018
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Rear of property

    Erection of a double storey rear extension and garden house

    Documents
    25 docs on file
    Reference
    18/03491/FULL6
    View planning record

What's in 7 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN's planning history?

1 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.
Current estimate

£1,363,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 14 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2016)

£1,185,000

Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 14 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 January 2016Most recent

    £1,185,000

    +97.8%over 14 years
  2. 6 December 2001

    £599,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6HN: £1,495,000 (2025–2023).

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On the street

Versus other Beechwood Drive homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 7 Beechwood Drive runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£5,925

Street avg £5,299

On par

Floor Area

200 m²

Street avg 250 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

12.0 t/year

Street avg 9.1 t/year

Strongly below
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

0.1 km

Rushley Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Keston Church of England Primary School. 14 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 6HN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for BR2 6HN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for BR2 6HN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.8dB

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 7 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.