5 Macfarlane Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LZ
About 5 Macfarlane Close
5 Macfarlane Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Impington, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 96 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 54.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £490,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Macfarlane Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2023ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate Of Lawfulness Under S192 For Single storey rear extension.
- Agent
- Side Studio Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01115/CL2PD
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- 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.
£515,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£490,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 August 2022Most recent
£490,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9LZ: £305,000 (2021–2001).
Nearby sales in CB24 9LZ
10 Macfarlane Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LZ
Sold Jun 2021
£585,0002 Macfarlane Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LZ
Sold Feb 2015
£520,0004 Macfarlane Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LZ
Sold Nov 2011
£305,00011 Macfarlane Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LZ
Sold Oct 2009
£299,9501 Macfarlane Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9LZ
Sold Oct 2001
£245,000
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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 Macfarlane Close homes
5 Macfarlane Close is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£5,104
Street avg £3,247
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
Impington Village College. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB