7 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DS
About 7 West Road
7 West Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 is 35.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 57.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in June 2013. At 102 m² it's 27.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (141 m² median across 29 EPCs).
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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
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- BasementYes
Energy performance
7 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Mar 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2025AnnexFullIn report
Single storey residential annexe to main house.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/25/2119/HHF
- Aug 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 1no. Apple tree
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/25/2079/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
7 West Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£645,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£476,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 June 2013Most recent
£476,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DS: £600,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DS
Everything we know about 7 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
Floor Area for 7 West Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,667
Street avg £4,092
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 8.2 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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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB