Willow Cottage, Beechwood Lane, Lavington Park, Petworth, GU28 0NA
About Willow Cottage
Willow Cottage is a detached house in Lavington Park, Petworth, Petworth (GU28 0NA). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 163 m² it's 24.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (215 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Willow Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Willow Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Mar 2026ExtensionFullIn report
Replacement extension and associated internal and external alterations.
- Agent
- Ian Wightman Ltd
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/26/00830/HOUS
- Mar 2026ExtensionHeritageIn report
Replacement extension and associated internal and external alterations.
- Agent
- Ian Wightman Ltd
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/26/00831/LIS
What's in Willow Cottage, Beechwood Lane, Lavington Park, Petworth, GU28 0NA's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Willow Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,138,000
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 GU28 0NA: £1,600,000 (2022–2021).
Nearby sales in GU28 0NA
Beechwood House, Beechwood Lane, Lavington Park, Petworth, GU28 0NA
Sold Aug 2022
£4,250,000Beech Cottage, Beechwood Lane, Lavington Park, Petworth, GU28 0NA
Sold Dec 2021
£1,600,000High Bank, Beechwood Lane, Lavington Park, Petworth, GU28 0NA
Sold Sept 2021
£725,000Laudacre Cottage, Beechwood Lane, Lavington Park, Petworth, GU28 0NA
Sold Dec 2017
£485,000
Everything we know about Willow 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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Versus other Beechwood Lane homes
On epc rating, Willow Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
25 (F)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 187 m²
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 11.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Quarry — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Duncton CofE Junior School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB