3 Bancroft Close, Cambridge, CB1 3QZ
About 3 Bancroft Close
3 Bancroft Close is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 3QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in May 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £604,000 sits 571.1% above the 1999 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£56/sq ft) was about 81.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Aug 2025
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 17 August 2025
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Planning history
3 Bancroft Close has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 3 Bancroft Close, Cambridge, CB1 3QZ
- May 2007ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of 1st floor rear extension and ground floor rear and side extensions to house.
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Reference
- 07/0325/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
3 Bancroft Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£604,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£90,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 May 1999Most recent
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 3QZ: £515,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in CB1 3QZ
Versus other Bancroft Close homes
3 Bancroft Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£608
Street avg £3,702
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
334/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Morley Memorial Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB






