260 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
About 260 Cherry Hinton Road
260 Cherry Hinton Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 7AU). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 141 m² it's 28.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 32 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£501/sq ft) was about 112.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £760,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
260 Cherry Hinton Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
260 Cherry Hinton Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 260 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
- Jul 2007AnnexFullOutcome in report
Single storey detached annex, containing two bedrooms and a shower room and toilet facilities, to accommodate foreign language students.
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Reference
- 07/0471/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- AmendmentAug 2024Decision
- ExtensionDec 2023Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
Unlock 260 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU's full planning history
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 260 Cherry Hinton Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£821,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 10 years.
£760,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
23 June 2022Most recent
£760,000
+26.7%over 5 years21 August 2016
£600,000
+34.8%over 4 years9 August 2012
£445,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 7AU: £499,999 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CB1 7AU
318 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
Sold Apr 2024
£497,500250 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
Sold Nov 2022
£470,000274 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
Sold Sept 2022
£600,000240 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
Sold Jul 2022
£565,000276 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7AU
Sold Feb 2022
£499,999
Versus other Cherry Hinton Road homes
260 Cherry Hinton Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,390
Street avg £3,626
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Morley Memorial Primary School. 25 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







