1 Elmgrove Close, Woking, GU21 8XL
About 1 Elmgrove Close
1 Elmgrove Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Woking (GU21 8XL). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
9 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, a porch and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. Today's modelled estimate of £599,000 is 12% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£529/sq ft) was about 34.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 94 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (134 m² median across 9 EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £535,000. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at 1 Elmgrove Close in 2022.
- Oct 2022ExtensionConditionsIn report
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 4 (Tree Survey, Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Arboricultural Method Statement) of planning permission PLAN/2021/1068 (Construction of a single storey front extension to facilitate the conversion of the garage into habitable accomodation. Construction of a front porch and alterations to fenestration (amended description).
- Agent
- The Market design and build
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- COND/2022/0168
- Sept 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior notification for a single storey rear extension to extend a maximum depth of 4.8m, maximum height of 3.04m and a maximum height of eaves of 3m
- Agent
- The Market design and build
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- PLAN/2022/0723
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£599,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£535,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 February 2021Most recent
£535,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU21 8XL: £665,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in GU21 8XL
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Elmgrove Close homes
1 Elmgrove Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,691
Street avg £4,673
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Queenswood Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB