8 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DS
About 8 West Road
8 West Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 170 m² it's 22.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 29 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 55.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £965,000 is 14.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 69.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in November 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Apr 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 West Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 1 no. Yew Tree
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/17/3381/TCA
- Jan 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Langley Associates
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/17/3265/HHF
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 8 West 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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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Sales history & valuation
8 West Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£965,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 55.2% per year over 1 year.
£840,000
Growth on file: 55.2% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
24 November 2017Most recent
£840,000
+57.0%over 1 year14 November 2016
£535,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DS: £600,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DS
Everything we know about 8 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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look

Versus other West Road homes
EPC Rating for 8 West Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,941
Street avg £4,079
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 7.9 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
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