The Willows, Hamperden End, Debden Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3NA
About The Willows
The Willows is a detached house in Debden Green, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 3NA). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (163 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£511/sq ft) was about 30.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Willows's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2021OutlineIn report
The siting of a caravan for Ancilary Use
- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/21/1737/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.
£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.7% per year over 3 years.
£545,000
Growth on file: 1.7% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
22 March 2021Most recent
£545,000
+5.8%over 3 years24 November 2017
£515,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 3NA: £725,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB11 3NA
Staines Farm, Sunnyside, Hamperden End, Debden Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3NA
Sold Sept 2024
£630,000Lyndhurst, Hamperden End, Debden Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3NA
Sold May 2024
£497,000Kestrels, Hamperden End, Debden Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3NA
Sold Jul 2023
£1,585,000Pond Corner, Hamperden End, Debden Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3NA
Sold Jun 2021
£725,000Three Horseshoes Cottage, Hamperden End, Debden Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 3NA
Sold Mar 2021
£845,000
Everything we know about The Willows, 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 Hamperden End homes
CO₂ Emissions for The Willows lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,505
Street avg £4,321
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 189 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 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
1.8 km
Henham Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 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
42.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB