37 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DX
About 37 West Road
37 West Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DX). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£603/sq ft) was about 120.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £927,700 in May 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 May 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
37 West Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Jun 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Demolition of existing garage. Erection of two storey side extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/0651/08/FUL
- Apr 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/0383/08/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2007.
£847,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 14 years.
£927,700
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
11 May 2022Most recent
£927,700
+41.2%over 5 years7 June 2016
£656,800
+90.1%over 8 years19 November 2007
£345,550
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DX: £515,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in CB11 3DX
Everything we know about 37 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
On price per m², 37 West Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,487
Street avg £3,875
Floor Area
143 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Bell School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden. 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
39.2dB