140 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET
About 140 Cottenham Road
140 Cottenham Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Histon, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9ET). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 177 m² it's 27.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 48 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£433/sq ft) was about 86.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £825,000 in November 2022. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
140 Cottenham Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Two storey extension to side, first floor extension to side, front porch.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Extension- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00248/HFUL
- Dec 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge of conditions 3 (External Materials) 4 (Landscaping) and 6 (Surface treatment) pursuant to planning appeal APP/W0530/W/18/3207771 (S/4544/17/FL)
- Agent
- Plan It Architecture + Design
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- S/3710/19/DC
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 140 Cottenham Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£886,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£825,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 November 2022Most recent
£825,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9ET: £750,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CB24 9ET
113 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET
Sold May 2025
£850,000134 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET
Sold Feb 2025
£750,000138 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET
Sold Dec 2023
£735,000150 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET
Sold Aug 2022
£1,250,000117 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ET
Sold Jun 2021
£405,000
Everything we know about 140 Cottenham Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Cottenham Road homes
Years Held for 140 Cottenham Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,661
Street avg £3,399
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
0.4 km
Histon and Impington Park Primary School. 6 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
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB