The Yews, Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
About The Yews
The Yews is a five-bedroom detached house in Fen Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 4SL). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. A recent sale: £795,000 in March 2025. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 21.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Know exactly what you're buying at The Yews
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
The Yews's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Yews has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2010ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single Storey Side Extension
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1389/10
What's in The Yews, 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 Yews valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£846,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£795,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 March 2025Most recent
£795,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 4SL: £430,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in CB24 4SL
28 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
£549,99527 Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, CB24 4SL
Sold Nov 2018
£430,000
Everything we know about The Yews, 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 Cootes Lane homes
Years Held for The Yews lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,369
Street avg £3,095
Floor Area
236 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
Fen Drayton Primary School. 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
45.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB