17 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH
About 17 Rampton Drift
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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Oct 2023DemolitionFullIn 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
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Rampton Drift was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£613,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 20 years.
£587,500
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
23 September 2021Most recent
£587,500
+104.7%over 12 years30 July 2009
£287,000
+62.1%over 7 years17 December 2001
£177,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 3EH: £395,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CB24 3EH
27 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH
Sold Aug 2023
£380,0003 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH
Sold Jan 2023
£419,00013 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH
Sold Nov 2022
£405,0007 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH
Sold Mar 2022
£395,0004 Rampton Drift, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3EH
Sold Sept 2021
£366,000
Everything we know about 17 Rampton Drift, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Rampton Drift homes
17 Rampton Drift outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,891
Street avg £2,810
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
0.5 km
Northstowe Learning Community. 5 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
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB