16 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DS
About 16 West Road
16 West Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sale on file: £921,191 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 7 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 173 m² it's 24.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 29 EPCs). Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 82.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
16 West Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2026ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge condition 3 (materials) and condition 4 (fenestration) attached to UTT/24/0671/HHF
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/26/0722/DOC
- Mar 2026AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment to UTT/24/0671/HHF - Revise size and type of new wndow to lobby to a sash window that is the same size and style as current window on side elevation rather than the modern version in the plans. Removal of proposal to vonvert existing door to a window in the kitchen extension, this space will be filled and rendered to match the remaining wall.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/26/0405/NMA
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£891,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 19 years.
£921,191
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
26 September 2021Most recent
£921,191
+49.8%over 7 years9 April 2014
£615,000
+4.2%over 6 years10 July 2007
£590,000
+57.3%over 4 years15 September 2002
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DS: £600,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DS
Everything we know about 16 West 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 West Road homes
16 West Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,325
Street avg £4,061
Floor Area
173 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 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
0.1 km
Station Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
R A Butler Infant School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB