18 Benson Street, Cambridge, CB4 3QJ
About 18 Benson Street
18 Benson Street is a mid-terrace house in Cambridge (CB4 3QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
6 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 August 2034
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Planning history
Planning history at 18 Benson Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
6 applications on record at 18 Benson Street, Cambridge, CB4 3QJ
- Jan 2017Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 - Apple - Remove dead stem on fence sideT2 - Pear - Remove 1 low dead branch T3 - Yew x2 - Crown reduce by 0.5mT4 - Bay - Shorten lower branches by 0.5m (up to 4m)T5 - Holly and Elder - Shorten low branches over garden by 1.5mT6 - Laburnum - Remove one dead peg
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/572/TTCA
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksJan 2026Decision
- Tree WorksDec 2025Decision
+ 3 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
18 Benson Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£565,000
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 3QJ: £385,000 (2014–2011).
Nearby sales in CB4 3QJ
Versus other Benson Street homes
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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Crime
411/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Luke's CofE Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB