12 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
About 12 Orchard Close
12 Orchard Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Harston, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB22 7PT). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (July 2015). Across 1998–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £816,000 is 31.6% above the 2015 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
12 Orchard Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 5 March 2025
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Planning history
1 application on record at 12 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
- Mar 2018ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single Storey Extension to Rear and Side including Conversion of Existing Garage & Associated External Works.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0315/18/FL
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£816,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 17 years.
£620,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
16 July 2015Most recent
£620,000
+188.4%over 17 years7 April 1998
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB22 7PT: £775,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB22 7PT
29 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
Sold Jul 2024
£82,50022 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
Sold Jan 2022
£775,00010 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
Sold Sept 2021
£935,00018 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
Sold Sept 2021
£850,0004 Orchard Close, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7PT
Sold Sept 2017
£767,000
Versus other Orchard Close homes
On epc rating, 12 Orchard Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,444
Street avg £3,687
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 2.9 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
82/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.7 km
Foxton Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Harston and Newton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







