3 Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS
About 3 Lilac Close
3 Lilac Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Haslingfield, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 1JS). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £432,000 is 21.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£478/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2020 for £355,000.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
3 Lilac 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Lilac Close has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Dec 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension. Resubmission of planning application 20/03079/HFUL
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/04437/HFUL
- Oct 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension.Resubmission of planning application 20/03079/HFUL
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/04437/HFUL
What's in 3 Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£432,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£355,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 March 2020Most recent
£355,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 1JS: £345,000 (2022–2013).
Nearby sales in CB23 1JS
7 Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS
Sold Feb 2022
£515,0005 Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS
Sold Oct 2019
£420,00011 Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS
Sold Feb 2015
£305,0001a, Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS
Sold Jul 2013
£330,0008 Lilac Close, Haslingfield, Cambridge, CB23 1JS
Sold Aug 2010
£300,000
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Versus other Lilac Close homes
Price per m² for 3 Lilac Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,145
Street avg £3,214
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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.
Closest school
0.1 km
Haslingfield Endowed Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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
45.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB