3 Elm Barns, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8DB
About 3 Elm Barns
3 Elm Barns is a four-bedroom property in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 8DB). It has council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in July 2017. Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
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
3 Elm Barns has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Feb 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1: Back Hybrid Poplar - Cut over hanging branches back to boundary line (approx. 2m) T2, T3 and T4: Sycamores - Cut over hanging branches back to boundary line (approx. 2.5m / 3m)
- Agent
- Legge Services Limited - T/A Greenland
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0069/TTCA
- Feb 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Conifer (T1 - Row of 14) - Fell to ground level and remove stumps, Likely to be replanted with Red Robin
- Agent
- Legge Services Limited - T/A Greenland
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0047/TTCA
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£700,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
11 July 2017Most recent
£700,000
+125.8%over 15 years4 January 2002
£310,000
+56.2%over 3 years13 January 1998
£198,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 8DB: £275,000 (2021–1997).
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
Cottenham Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB