The Birches, Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
About The Birches
The Birches is a four-bedroom property in Fen Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 4SL). It has council tax band E. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in July 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey extension at The Birches.
- Aug 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Additional first floor to form two storey extension
- Agent
- Ian Waters Design Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1661/14/FL
What's in The Birches, Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The Birches has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£309,950
Growth on file: 11.6% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
10 July 2008Most recent
£309,950
+133.0%over 8 years24 May 2000
£133,000
+34.3%over 2 years9 February 1998
£99,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 4SL: £549,995 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CB24 4SL
The Yews, Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
Sold Mar 2025
£795,00028 Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
Sold Mar 2025
£825,00014 Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
Sold Dec 2023
£375,0004 Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
Sold Oct 2020
£250,00029a, Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
Sold May 2020
£549,995
Everything we know about The Birches, in one report
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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
Fen Drayton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB