Orchard Close, Smiths Green, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LP
About Orchard Close
Orchard Close is a detached house in Debden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3LP). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2007PorchFullIn report
Replacement of defective facade wall and entrance porch, removal of chimney stacks and replace with flue, addition of conservatory and various minor additions
ExtensionConservatory- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/1630/07/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Orchard Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£681,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3LP: £375,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in CB11 3LP
5 Smiths Green, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LP
Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Dec 2022
£390,00018 Smiths Green, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LP
Sold Jul 2020
£350,00012 Smiths Green, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LP
Sold Mar 2014
£245,00016 Smiths Green, Debden, Saffron Walden, CB11 3LP
Sold Jul 2002
£165,000
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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 Smiths Green homes
Orchard Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 99 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Rook End Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 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
42.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB