40 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
About 40 Riddy Lane
40 Riddy Lane is a detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2SP). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 20 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. Across 1999–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £661,000 is 32.2% above the 2010 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
40 Riddy Lane 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 May 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2025OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of a wooden framed, flat roofed garage on a concrete base, with associated fenestration to the front of the property.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00467/HFUL
What's in 40 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£661,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.4% per year over 10 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 9.4% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
22 January 2010Most recent
£500,000
+156.4%over 10 years5 August 1999
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 2SP: £400,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in CB23 2SP
30 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold May 2021
£1,225,00025 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold Mar 2021
£450,00044 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold May 2018
£400,00019 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold Oct 2017
£331,15021 Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Sold Oct 2016
£325,000
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Versus other Riddy Lane homes
Habitable Rooms for 40 Riddy Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,335
Street avg £3,536
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
0.2 km
Bourn CofE Primary Academy. 3 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
43.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB