56 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
About 56 South Road
56 South Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (167 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£501/sq ft) was about 69.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £582,500 in November 2022. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 56 South Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Feb 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Resubmission of UTT/23/0884/HHF - Demolition of garage and proposal of single storey side and rear extension, with internal remodelling and extended hard standing to driveway.
- Agent
- CANNON Architectural Design Ltd.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/0106/HHF
- Sept 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of garage and erection of two storey side and rear extension with internal remodelling
- Agent
- CANNON Architectural Design Ltd.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/1690/HHF
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 56 South Road
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.
£570,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£582,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£582,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DN: £865,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DN
60 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Mar 2023
£775,00034 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Dec 2022
£1,475,00042 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Mar 2022
£865,00044 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Mar 2022
£890,00054 South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DN
Sold Jun 2017
£785,000
Everything we know about 56 South Road, 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 South Road homes
56 South Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£5,394
Street avg £4,204
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 178 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
0.0 km
Bell School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 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
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB