Heron Farm, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR
About Heron Farm
Heron Farm is a detached house in Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 9LR). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on wood logs. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. 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
Heron Farm's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
Heron Farm has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Mar 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Two storey extension to rear of existing domestic dwelling
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0244/16/FL
- Mar 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Extension
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2129/08/F
What's in Heron Farm, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Heron Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 9LR: £370,000 (2025–2007).
Nearby sales in CB25 9LR
2 Bank Farm Cottage, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR
Sold Oct 2025
£437,0001 Bank Farm Cottage, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR
Sold Jan 2018
£367,500Bank Farmhouse, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR
Sold Feb 2010
£750,000Lowlands Farm, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR
Sold Sept 2008
£370,000Willow Croft, Long Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9LR
Sold Jan 2001
£50,000
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Versus other Long Drove homes
CO₂ Emissions for Heron Farm runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 155 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.1 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB