17 Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EA
About 17 Mount Pleasant Road
17 Mount Pleasant Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 3EA). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 178 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£561/sq ft) was about 89.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,075,000 in February 2023.
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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
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
17 Mount Pleasant Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Mount Pleasant Road sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Jul 2024OutlineIn report
Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for 3 No. rooflights on a dwelling in a Conservation Area
- Agent
- Donald Purkiss and Associates LLP
Conservation Area- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/1433/CLP
- May 2024ExtensionFullIn report
New rear dormers, rooflights, windows, internal alterations, removal of lean-to and raised deck
- Agent
- Donald Purkiss and Associates LLP
- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/0725/HHF
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 17 Mount Pleasant Road
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
17 Mount Pleasant Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,145,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,075,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 February 2023Most recent
£1,075,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3EA: £1,270,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CB11 3EA
15 Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EA
Sold May 2025
£1,270,0003 Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EA
Sold Aug 2023
£1,400,0001 Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EA
Sold Jun 2023
£671,0009 Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EA
Sold Apr 2023
£1,360,00019a, Mount Pleasant Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3EA
Sold Oct 2021
£525,000
Everything we know about 17 Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant Road homes
On price per m², 17 Mount Pleasant Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,039
Street avg £4,412
Floor Area
178 m²
Street avg 212 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 10.8 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
0.0 km
Friends' 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
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB