Mellings, High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LE
About Mellings
Mellings is a detached house in Debden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3LE). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £821,000 sits 249.4% above the 1998 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 56.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Mellings's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Mellings.
- Apr 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed single storey garage extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/14/0052/HHF
- Mar 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Proposed single storey front extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/0101/05/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Mellings's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£821,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£235,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 December 1998Most recent
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3LE: £450,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in CB11 3LE
Jasmine Cottage, High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LE
Sold Jun 2024
£605,000Beauley Firth, High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LE
Sold Feb 2024
£285,000Connlas Well, High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LE
Sold Mar 2016
£450,0001 Old Ships Cottages, High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LE
Sold Mar 2016
£410,000The Chestnuts, High Street, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LE
Sold Jan 2016
£610,000
Everything we know about Mellings, 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 High Street homes
Price per m² for Mellings lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,093
Street avg £3,173
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
12 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 8.5 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
0.2 km
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB