Raylands, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DB
About Raylands
Raylands is a property in Etchinghill, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8DB). It has council tax band F.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.3% per year. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £635,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
Raylands has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0549/FH
- Mar 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Crown reduction to weeping willow top by 5 meters and sides by 4 meters and reduction to two conifer trees by 4 meters and removal of fir tree.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0184/FH/TCA
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Sales history & valuation
Raylands changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£635,000
Growth on file: 18.3% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
1 November 2022Most recent
£635,000
+7.3%over 9 months3 February 2022
£592,000
+48.0%over 2 years31 January 2020
£400,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CT18 8DB: £377,500 (2023–1997).
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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
0.0 km
The Gatekeeper — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Lyminge Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB