1 Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
About 1 Bakers Lane
1 Bakers Lane is a detached house in West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM2 8LE). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last sale on file: £400,000 in September 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 108 m² it's 16.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 2010–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 is 22.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 46% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Energy performance
1 Bakers Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jul 2022
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Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
4 applications on record at 1 Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
1 live now- Jan 2023ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
The construction of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by a maximum depth of 5.95m, for which the maximum height would be 3.55m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.9m.
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00062/HHPA
- More recent applications — locked
- OutbuildingJun 2025Decision
- ExtensionJan 2024Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
1 Bakers Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2010.
£491,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 11 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
28 September 2020Most recent
£400,000
+37.9%over 5 years9 January 2015
£290,000
+6.8%over 1 year30 July 2013
£271,600
+55.2%over 3 years29 January 2010
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM2 8LE: £533,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in CM2 8LE
Octaville, Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
Sold Nov 2022
£533,0002 Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
Sold Oct 2022
£480,000Long Ley, Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
Sold Jan 2019
£1,075,000Meadow Rise, Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
Sold Nov 2015
£750,0004 Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LE
Sold Feb 2015
£317,250
Versus other Bakers Lane homes
Price per m²
£3,704
Street avg £3,500
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
12/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bakers Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Galleywood Infant School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.8dB

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