8 Bell Hill, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9JQ
About 8 Bell Hill
8 Bell Hill is a detached house in Histon, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 194 m² (around 2088 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 194 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £964,000 is 13.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 48.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £850,000 in April 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
Energy performance
8 Bell Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 8 Bell Hill is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
T5 Prunus domestica - Remove.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- S/3281/19/TC
- Sept 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Juglans regia (Walnut) - remove due to proximity to thatch..T2 Pinus sylvestris and T3 Cedrus libani - remove to benefit more suitable Rowan .T4 Pinus sylvestris - remove deadwood (For information) Owner to plant smaller species trees/shrubs as screening
- Agent
- Gardenworks Tree Surgery Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2992/19/TC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Bell Hill was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£964,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 18 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
11 April 2021Most recent
£850,000
+20.6%over 2 years24 April 2018
£705,000
+110.4%over 14 years31 August 2003
£335,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9JQ: £500,000 (2021–2006).
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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 Bell Hill homes
8 Bell Hill is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,381
Street avg £4,310
Floor Area
194 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
0.3 km
Histon and Impington Brook Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB