1 Slate Cottages, High Lane, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7NT
About 1 Slate Cottages
1 Slate Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7NT). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 sits 55.1% above the 2014 sale of £445,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (April 2014).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Slate Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Feb 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Slate Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- May 2011ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 1 'replacement hedge' of planning permission EPF/2496/10. (Retention of wall and reinstatement of hedge to front of wall)
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/0776/11
- Feb 2011RenovationFullIn report
Retention of wall and reinstatement of hedge to front of wall.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/2496/10
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Slate Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£690,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 11 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
30 April 2014Most recent
£445,000
+45.7%over 10 years18 September 2003
£305,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 7NT: £203,000 (2011–1996).
Everything we know about 1 Slate Cottages, 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

Versus other High Lane homes
On epc rating, 1 Slate Cottages stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
65 (D)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 60 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
1.2 km
Rainbow Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB