49 West Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DX
About 49 West Road
49 West Road is a detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3DX). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 92 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 15 EPCs).
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Risks
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Trends
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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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
49 West Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2019PorchFullIn report
New open porch
- Agent
- Hibbs and Walsh Associates Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/19/2186/HHF
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Sales history & valuation
49 West Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£497,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3DX: £765,000 (2025–2021).
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- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other West Road homes
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 125 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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