1 The Kangels, Langley Upper Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SL
About 1 The Kangels
1 The Kangels is a four-bedroom detached house in Langley Upper Green, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4SL). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 43.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £705,000. 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
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 The Kangels's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Sept 2023RenovationFullIn report
Window to be added in first floor en-suite
- Agent
- Murtagh Studio
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/1508/HHF
- Apr 2023DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing conservatory. Part single storey and part two storey rear extension, extension and alteration of the existing side utility room, recladding of existing dwelling and change of colour to fenestration frames.
- Agent
- Murtagh Studio
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/0077/HHF
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£727,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£705,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 December 2022Most recent
£705,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in CB11 4SL: £492,500 (2014–2013).
Everything we know about 1 The Kangels, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
Long Ley — bus stop.
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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
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB