8 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ
About 8 Maple Close
8 Maple Close is a detached house in Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 9BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 sits 98.5% above the 2003 sale of £267,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 29.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
8 Maple Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed single storey rear extension and first floor side extension.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00065/FUL
What's in 8 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
8 Maple Close's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£530,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.6% per year over 3 years.
£267,000
Growth on file: 13.6% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
28 November 2003Most recent
£267,000
+52.6%over 3 years7 August 2000
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 9BQ: £435,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB25 9BQ
11 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ
Sold Apr 2024
£470,0006 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ
Sold Mar 2024
£435,0001 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ
Sold Aug 2022
£450,0007 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ
Sold Dec 2021
£360,0004 Maple Close, Bottisham, Cambridge, CB25 9BQ
Sold Jun 2021
£425,000
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Versus other Maple Close homes
Price per m² for 8 Maple Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,384
Street avg £3,702
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bottisham Community Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB