39 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
About 39 Highfields
39 Highfields is a four-bedroom detached house in Debden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3LN). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 115 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). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 34.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £420,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
39 Highfields's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
39 Highfields has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Apr 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/16/0447/HHF
- Nov 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey rear and side extensions
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/1660/04/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 39 Highfields was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 27 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
12 April 2022Most recent
£420,000
+29.2%over 14 years31 October 2007
£325,000
+91.2%over 5 years16 May 2002
£170,000
+106.1%over 3 years19 February 1999
£82,500
+12.2%over 3 years28 September 1995
£73,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3LN: £347,500 (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
£392,50020 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Nov 2020
£325,0001 Highfields, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LN
Sold Aug 2017
£184,000
Everything we know about 39 Highfields, 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 Highfields homes
39 Highfields outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,652
Street avg £3,367
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB