Longacre, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG
About Longacre
Longacre is a semi-detached house in Saffron Walden (CB11 4XG). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2012) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (180 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £800,000 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
Energy performance
Longacre's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Dec 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2020ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge condition 2 (external materials) attached to UTT/18/1958/FUL
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/20/1447/DOC
- Apr 2019ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge Condition 2 (Material external surfaces,) attached to UTT/18/1958/FUL dated 20.09.2018
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/19/0836/DOC
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Longacre
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- 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.
£842,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£800,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 April 2022Most recent
£800,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4XG: £765,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in CB11 4XG
Springwood Cottage, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG
Sold Dec 2023
£755,000Southfields, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG
Sold Jun 2023
£835,0001 Clay Hall Cottages, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG
Sold Feb 2023
£590,000The Willows, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG
Sold Jul 2022
£765,000High Acre, Catmere End, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XG
Sold Mar 2022
£1,325,000
Everything we know about Longacre, 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 Catmere End homes
Longacre outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,404
Street avg £3,577
Floor Area
235 m²
Street avg 179 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
1.0 km
Thomas Walk — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB