17 Blenheim Drive, Welling, DA16 3LY
About 17 Blenheim Drive
17 Blenheim Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 3LY). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 is 38% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 54.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £353,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
17 Blenheim Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a porch application was refused at 17 Blenheim Drive in 2022.
- Sept 2025PorchOutlineIn report
Extension: Front of property
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection of a single storey front porch extension.
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01552/LDCP
- Sept 2025OutbuildingOutlineIn report
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection of a single storey detached outbuilding to rear garden.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01553/LDCP
What's in 17 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£487,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£353,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 October 2021Most recent
£353,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 3LY: £500,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in DA16 3LY
Everything we know about 17 Blenheim Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Blenheim Drive homes
EPC Rating for 17 Blenheim Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,755
Street avg £3,593
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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.
Go deeper on the local area
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