26 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR
About 26 Gibraltar Lane
26 Gibraltar Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Swavesey, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 4RR). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 120 m² it's 18.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 55.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £485,000 in September 2021. 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
Energy performance
26 Gibraltar Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Gibraltar Lane has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Aug 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Single storey front and rear extensions and two storey rear extension. Revised and reduced scheme from that approved 22/02667/HFUL
- Agent
- PJT DESIGN LTD
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02733/HFUL
- Nov 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey front and rear extensions and two storey side and rear extension.
- Agent
- PJT Design Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02667/HFUL
What's in 26 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£521,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 September 2021Most recent
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 4RR: £365,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB24 4RR
16 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR
Sold Oct 2025
£365,00013 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR
Sold Nov 2024
£325,00029 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR
Sold May 2024
£320,00035 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR
Sold Feb 2024
£950,00037 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR
Sold Apr 2022
£808,000
Everything we know about 26 Gibraltar Lane, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Gibraltar Lane homes
On epc rating, 26 Gibraltar Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,042
Street avg £3,329
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
0.1 km
Swavesey Village College. 4 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
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB