6 Bourne Road, Cambridge, CB4 1UF
About 6 Bourne Road
6 Bourne Road is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 1UF). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in September 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£496/sq ft) was about 98.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £630,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
A HMO conversion application was refused at 6 Bourne Road in 2025.
- Feb 2026HMOFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension to create a large 7bed 7 person HMO (retrospective application to include the garage into the HMO)
- Agent
- AHP Design Ltd
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/04662/FUL
- Nov 2025HMOFullIn report
Retrospective application for the change of use from use class C4 (small scale HMO) to sui generis 8 person 8 bed HMO), the retention of a single storey outbuilding for use in association and the change of use of an existing outbuilding for the use in connection with the HMO
- Agent
- AHP Design Ltd
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
Retrospective- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/03676/FUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 6 Bourne Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 6 Bourne Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£575,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£630,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 January 2022Most recent
£630,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 1UF: £436,500 (2025–2020).
Everything we know about 6 Bourne Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Bourne Road homes
6 Bourne Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,339
Street avg £3,289
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Shirley Community Primary School. 22 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
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB