1 Mill Cottages, Arlington, Barnstaple, EX31 4LN
About 1 Mill Cottages
1 Mill Cottages is a semi-detached house in Arlington, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 4LN). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Risks
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Energy performance
1 Mill Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 Mill Cottages has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Feb 2024RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for raising of chimney and installation of new pot
Listed- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 77791
- Oct 2012FullIn report
ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT OAK BOUNDARY FENCE
- Council
- SMAC
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 54486
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Sales history & valuation
1 Mill Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£347,000
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.
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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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
0.1 km
Arlington Court Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Kentisbury Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB