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17 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
151 m²
1625 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 68
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 17 Rampton Drift

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

17 Rampton Drift is a five-bedroom detached house in Longstanton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 3EH). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 96.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £587,500. 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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • CloakroomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • Private gardenFront and rear

Building

  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 17 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.

  1. Oct 2023
    DemolitionFull
    In report

    Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property

    Demolition of existing single storey side extension. Construction of single storey side extension and part single storey, part two storey side and front extension. Alterations to the rear elevation: new doors.

    Agent
    plan it architecture + design
    Council
    South Cambridgeshire District Council
    Extension
    Documents
    18 docs on file
    Reference
    23/03339/HFUL
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 17 Rampton Drift was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£613,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 20 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£587,500

Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 September 2021Most recent

    £587,500

    +104.7%over 12 years
  2. 30 July 2009

    £287,000

    +62.1%over 7 years
  3. 17 December 2001

    £177,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 3EH: £395,000 (2023–2021).

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On the street

Versus other Rampton Drift homes

Four headline reads against 24 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

17 Rampton Drift outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,891

Street avg £2,810

Strongly above

Floor Area

151 m²

Street avg 110 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

5.3 t/year

Street avg 3.8 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.

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

0.5 km

Northstowe Learning Community. 5 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB24 3EH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB24 3EH

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB24 3EH

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.5dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 17 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.