1 Blenheim Drive, Welling, DA16 3LY
About 1 Blenheim Drive
1 Blenheim Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Welling (DA16 3LY). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£539/sq ft) was about 123.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £580,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Blenheim Drive'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension application was refused at 1 Blenheim Drive in 2021.
- Mar 2026Loft ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of roof space involving increase in height to existing ridge, alterations to existing roofline including pitched gables and roof over exisitng two storey rear addition and dormer extensions to rear roofslope and rooflights to front, side and rear roofslopes.
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 26/00201/FUL
- Apr 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with one rooflight and changes to the roofline incorporating a hip to gable extension and new pitched roof to side/rear.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00398/FUL
What's in 1 Blenheim Drive, Welling, DA16 3LY's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Blenheim Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£600,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 26 years.
£580,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£580,000
+146.8%over 19 years13 March 2002
£235,000
+42.4%over 3 years22 September 1998
£165,000
+114.3%over 2 years28 November 1995
£77,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 3LY: £472,500 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in DA16 3LY
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Versus other Blenheim Drive homes
Price per m² for 1 Blenheim Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,800
Street avg £3,518
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chaucer Road (DA16) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
East Wickham Primary Academy. 48 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
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB