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About 4 Church Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Church Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Acol, Birchington, Birchington (CT7 0JD). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 845 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 152.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 78 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 18 EPCs). Last sale on file: £425,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
4 Church 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Mar 2022
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 4 Church Cottages, Plumstone Road, Acol, Birchington, CT7 0JD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jun 2014DemolitionFullGrant Permission
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 15 years.
Last sold (2022)
£425,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Plumstone Road homes
Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², 4 Church Cottages stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,417
Street avg £2,717
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CT7 0JD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB
Everything within walking distance
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