3 Waterworks Cottage, Chilcote, Swadlincote, DE12 8DH
About 3 Waterworks Cottage
3 Waterworks Cottage is a semi-detached house in Chilcote, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 8DH). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2400 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.
5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Planning history
3 Waterworks Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- May 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension and alterations to the rear of the elevation of the property (Resubmission of 17/00121/FUL)
- Agent
- Williams-Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00406/FUL
- Dec 2017ExtensionIn report
Retention of detached garden building and extension to garage to form domestic workshop
- Agent
- Chave Planning
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01629/RET
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
3 Waterworks Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£445,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE12 8DH: £370,000 (2025–2002).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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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
1.3 km
Unit 4 — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB