20 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
About 20 Highfields
20 Highfields is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Debden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3LN). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2016. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £382,000 is 17.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 29.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £325,000.
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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
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
20 Highfields's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2016Garage ConversionOutlineIn report
Proposed garage conversion with new entrance door and windows replacing main door and internal alterations and rooflight to rear roof element
- Agent
- 2P Studio
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/16/1903/CLP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£382,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£325,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 November 2020Most recent
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3LN: £390,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB11 3LN
11 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Nov 2024
£347,50031 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Dec 2023
£325,00025 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Sept 2023
£392,50039 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Apr 2022
£420,0001 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Aug 2017
£184,000
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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 Highfields homes
20 Highfields is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£3,457
Street avg £3,380
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
Highfields — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 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
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB