4 Acton Way, Cambridge, CB4 3SD
About 4 Acton Way
4 Acton Way is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 3SD). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £571,000 is 19% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£480/sq ft) was about 34.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £480,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
4 Acton Way's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 30 August 2031
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Planning history
4 Acton Way has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 4 Acton Way, Cambridge, CB4 3SD
- May 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, rear roof extension and pitched roof to replace the existing front ground floor flat roof.
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01321/HFUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£571,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£480,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 April 2022Most recent
£480,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 3SD: £530,000 (2024–2019).
Versus other Acton Way homes
4 Acton Way is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£5,161
Street avg £3,650
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
411/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
3.0 km
Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Arbury Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







