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About Long Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Long Cottage is a semi-detached house in Withersfield, Haverhill, Haverhill (CB9 7SG). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on oil.
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Long Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Mar 2025
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F38
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
10.3 t/year
Occupancy
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Long Cottage, Church Street, Withersfield, Haverhill, CB9 7SG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Long Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Dec 2025Tree WorksTreesNo objections
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Ash (T1 on plan) fell
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Long Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£439,000
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.
Versus other Church Street homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Long Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 40 (E)
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 67 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.3 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB9 7SG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
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