The Gateway, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
About The Gateway
The Gateway is a detached house in Guildford (GU2 4HD). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 206 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (174 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
The Gateway's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at The Gateway is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
5 applications on record at The Gateway, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
- Apr 2011Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Fell one fir tree.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/T/00050
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksOct 2023Decision
- Tree WorksMay 2021Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The Gateway has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,425,000
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 GU2 4HD: £850,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in GU2 4HD
Chestnut House, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Jan 2022
£1,265,000Corner Cottage, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Mar 2021
£850,000Mulberry House, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold May 2020
£1,030,0001 Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Nov 2016
£640,000Friars Cottage, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Jan 2015
£640,000
Versus other Chestnut Avenue homes
On co₂ emissions, The Gateway runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 178 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chestnut Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB







