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The Bumps, High Ditch Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8TE

EPC B2 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
102 m²
1098 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 83
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Overview

About The Bumps

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

The Bumps is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Fen Ditton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB5 8TE). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft). The latest certificate (September 2013) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. 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 a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 54% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £500,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

The Bumps's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Sept 2023

Current Certificate
Sept 2013

EPC Rating

A
B
B83
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.6 t/year
Occupancy
—

Certificate validity

Expired on 18 September 2023

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Bumps, High Ditch Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8TE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

2 applications on record at The Bumps, High Ditch Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8TE

2decisions1extensions13documents21nearby
  1. Nov 2016
    Loft ConversionFull
    Outcome in report

    LOFT CONVERSION WITH ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT AND REAR ROOFSLOPES

    Council
    South Cambridgeshire District Council
    Documents
    8 docs on file
    Reference
    S/2278/16/FL
    Full record in report
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£527,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 8 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£500,000

Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 8 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 May 2021Most recent

    £500,000

    +49.3%over 7 years

  2. 31 October 2013

    £334,995

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB5 8TE: £685,000 (2025–2024).

On the street

Versus other High Ditch Road homes

Four headline reads against 36 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

The Bumps outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,902

Street avg £4,041

Above

Floor Area

102 m²

Street avg 134 m²

On par

CO₂ Emissions

1.6 t/year

Street avg 4.5 t/year

Strongly above

Years Held

5 years

Street avg 10 years

Below
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.
Full Cambridge report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

124/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

1.1 km

Cambridge Airport — airport.

Closest school

0.3 km

Fen Ditton Primary School. 7 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB5 8TE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB5 8TE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.8dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB5 8TE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

43.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about The Bumps, High Ditch Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8TE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.