12 Kents Yard, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XU
About 12 Kents Yard
12 Kents Yard is a five-bedroom detached house in Littlebury, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4XU). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 50.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £710,000. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageDouble
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
12 Kents Yard's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
12 Kents Yard has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Kents Yard was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£734,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 28 years.
£710,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
13 December 2022Most recent
£710,000
+150.0%over 21 years5 June 2001
£284,000
+20.9%over 2 years4 October 1998
£235,000
+30.6%over 3 years30 March 1995
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4XU: £360,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in CB11 4XU
8 Kents Yard, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XU
Sold Apr 2023
£665,0002 Kents Yard, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XU
Sold Oct 2022
£360,0004 Kents Yard, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XU
Sold Jun 2021
£350,0007 Kents Yard, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XU
Sold May 2021
£500,0001 Kents Yard, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4XU
Sold Oct 2020
£315,000
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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 Kents Yard homes
On epc rating, 12 Kents Yard runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,733
Street avg £4,327
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
0.1 km
Cambridge Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 2 schools 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
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB