Bens Cottage, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB
About Bens Cottage
Bens Cottage is a property in Duncton, Petworth, Petworth (GU28 0LB).
It hasn't traded since June 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
Bens Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Feb 2018ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 3 and 4 from planning permission SDNP/17/04269/HOUS.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/17/06247/DCOND
- Feb 2018ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 3 and 4 from listed building consent SDNP/17/04271/LIS.
Listed- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/17/06246/DCOND
What's in Bens Cottage, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Bens Cottage has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£325,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 June 1998Most recent
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU28 0LB: £650,000 (2021–2013).
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£680,000Copse House, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB
Sold Nov 2019
£650,000Lilac Cottage, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB
Sold Oct 2016
£450,000Willow Cottage, Duncton, Petworth, GU28 0LB
Sold Apr 2012
£500,000
Everything we know about Bens Cottage, 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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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Cricketers — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Duncton CofE Junior School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB