The Lock House, Dell Lane, Spellbrook, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7SG
About The Lock House
The Lock House is a property in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7SG).
Sold September 2024 for £5,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an annexe and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -15.7% per year.
Know exactly what you're buying at The Lock House
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Sept 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed single storey front and side extension.
- Agent
- Hertford Planning Service
- Documents
- 39 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/19/1937/HHF
- Dec 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Proposed two storey front/side extension.
- Agent
- Hertford Planning Service
- Documents
- 33 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/18/2937/HHF
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The Lock House
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
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Sales history & valuation
The Lock House's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£5,000
Growth on file: -15.7% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
22 September 2024Most recent
£5,000
-99.1%over 18 years13 September 2006
£570,000
+40.7%over 4 years2 May 2002
£405,000
+14.1%over 2 years21 October 1999
£355,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CM22 7SG: £140,000 (1999–1996).
Nearby sales in CM22 7SG
Everything we know about The Lock House, 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

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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
0.4 km
Spellbrook Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Spellbrook CofE Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB