5 Fen Road, Cambridge, CB4 1BS
About 5 Fen Road
5 Fen Road is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 79 m² it's 22.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 23 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 12 March 2025
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 5 Fen Road, Cambridge, CB4 1BS
- Oct 2014ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension. Porch to front of the house. Rendered external wall insulation to the existing house, including the extension of the verges and eaves to cover the insulation & warm roof insulation above the rafters. Improvement of the front fenestration.
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/1378/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsJul 2025Decision
- New BuildAug 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
5 Fen Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£460,000
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 CB4 1BS: £467,500 (2026–2023).
Versus other Fen Road homes
On epc rating, 5 Fen Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
59 (D)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 100 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
411/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Chesterton Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB