1 Eastby Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BT
About 1 Eastby Close
1 Eastby Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3BT). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£449/sq ft) was about 73.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £440,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
1 Eastby Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Eastby Close has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Jun 2023Loft ConversionFullIn report
First floor rear dormer and ground floor high level side window
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/1173/HHF
- Jun 2023Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Loft conversion with rear dormer
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/1172/CLP
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Eastby Close
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£454,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 15 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
6 June 2022Most recent
£440,000
+87.3%over 12 years26 October 2009
£234,950
-4.1%over 2 years25 July 2007
£245,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3BT: £400,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in CB11 3BT
22 Eastby Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BT
Sold Jul 2025
£400,00011 Eastby Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BT
Sold Mar 2022
£395,0002 Eastby Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BT
Sold Oct 2020
£425,00012 Eastby Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BT
Sold Oct 2018
£390,00020 Eastby Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 3BT
Sold Jul 2017
£455,000
Everything we know about 1 Eastby Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Eastby Close homes
1 Eastby Close outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,835
Street avg £3,789
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Peaslands Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden. 7 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
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB