22 Chestnut Drive, Soham, Ely, CB7 5FW
About 22 Chestnut Drive
22 Chestnut Drive is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Soham, Ely, Ely (CB7 5FW). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 86% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £330,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
- Summer houseYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a side extension application was refused at 22 Chestnut Drive in 2023.
- Oct 2023ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Side of property
Single storey side infill extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00794/CLP
- Jul 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Infill side extension to create garage/store
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00478/FUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 22 Chestnut Drive
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 22 Chestnut Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£342,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 26 years.
£330,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
21 November 2022Most recent
£330,000
+494.6%over 26 years25 July 1996
£55,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 5FW: £222,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB7 5FW
Everything we know about 22 Chestnut Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking

Versus other Chestnut Drive homes
22 Chestnut Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,438
Street avg £3,151
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 59 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Soham — railway station.
Closest school
0.6 km
The Weatheralls Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB