6 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP
About 6 View Farm Close
6 View Farm Close is a six-bedroom detached house in Dry Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8BP). It has a recorded floor area of 276 m² (around 2971 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 276 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (228 m² median across 4 EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. Across 2000–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 64.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2023 for £895,000.
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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
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms4
Energy performance
6 View Farm Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
6 View Farm Close has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Nov 2023ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for a proposed single storey rear extension.
- Agent
- C R Barnes Limited
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/03677/CL2PD
- Jun 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey extensions to front of existing dwelling house and to the rear of existing garage
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1472/19/FL
What's in 6 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 6 View Farm Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£957,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 23 years.
£895,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
18 July 2023Most recent
£895,000
+86.5%over 20 years20 May 2003
£480,000
+20.0%over 2 years22 October 2000
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 8BP: £640,000 (2021–2004).
Nearby sales in CB23 8BP
2 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP
Sold Aug 2021
£670,3594 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP
Sold Apr 2017
£715,0001 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP
Sold Jul 2010
£640,0003 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP
Sold Jul 2003
£460,0007 View Farm Close, Dry Drayton, Cambridge, CB23 8BP
Sold Nov 2000
£385,000
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Versus other View Farm Close homes
Years Held for 6 View Farm Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,243
Street avg £3,063
Floor Area
276 m²
Street avg 211 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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
0.2 km
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School. 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
46.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB