5 Bluebell Drive, Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3JR
About 5 Bluebell Drive
5 Bluebell Drive is an end-of-terrace house in Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3JR). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in September 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.
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Risks
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Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
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Planning history
5 Bluebell Drive has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension
- Agent
- Alun Design Consultancy
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/1084/HHF
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£575,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£525,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 September 2016Most recent
£525,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3JR: £642,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in CB11 3JR
10 Bluebell Drive, Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3JR
Sold Dec 2021
£875,0002 Bluebell Drive, Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3JR
Sold Jul 2020
£642,0004 Bluebell Drive, Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3JR
Sold Sept 2019
£598,0006 Bluebell Drive, Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3JR
Sold Jun 2019
£615,00017 Bluebell Drive, Rickling Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3JR
Sold Mar 2017
£600,000
Everything we know about 5 Bluebell Drive, 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 Bluebell Drive homes
Years Held for 5 Bluebell Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,268
Street avg £3,680
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 157 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Years Held
10 years
Street avg 8 years
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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
0.2 km
The Potteries — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB