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26 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR

2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
120 m²
1292 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 53
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 26 Gibraltar Lane

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

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

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

  • Bedrooms3
Energy

Energy performance

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

26 Gibraltar Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 26 Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4RR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

26 Gibraltar Lane has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.

  1. Aug 2023
    ExtensionFull
    In 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
    View planning record
  2. Nov 2022
    ExtensionFull
    In 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
    View planning record

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.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£521,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£485,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 15 September 2021Most recent

    £485,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 4RR: £365,000 (2025–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Gibraltar Lane homes

Four headline reads against 21 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 26 Gibraltar Lane runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,042

Street avg £3,329

Strongly above

Floor Area

120 m²

Street avg 153 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

6.5 t/year

Street avg 4.6 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

0.1 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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB24 4RR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB24 4RR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB24 4RR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.2dB

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

Common questions

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