17 Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF
About 17 Church Lane
17 Church Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Madingley, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8AF). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2021–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 88.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 99 m² it's 15.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 16 EPCs). Last sale on file: £540,000 in August 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
17 Church Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Single/two storey rear extension, single/two storey side extension, single storey front extension, vehicular dropped kerb and ancillary development
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/03104/HFUL
What's in 17 Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
17 Church Lane changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£546,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.5% per year over 1 year.
£540,000
Growth on file: 12.5% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
31 August 2022Most recent
£540,000
+18.7%over 1 year19 March 2021
£455,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 8AF: £550,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in CB23 8AF
2 Old Wood Mill, Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF
Sold May 2024
£1,125,0003 Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF
Sold Feb 2022
£550,0005 Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF
Sold Apr 2017
£1,200,00016 Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF
Sold Mar 2016
£515,00021 Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge, CB23 8AF
Sold Sept 2014
£366,051
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Versus other Church Lane homes
Years Held for 17 Church Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,455
Street avg £3,771
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 7.1 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
1.8 km
Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB