Woodlands, Noake Mill Lane, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BB
About Woodlands
Woodlands is a detached house in Water End, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead (HP1 3BB). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 17 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 7 refused. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £925,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Woodlands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Woodlands has been through 10 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
17 applications on record at Woodlands, Noake Mill Lane, Water End, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3BB
- Sept 2005OutbuildingOutlineOutcome in report
Detached garage
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 4/01734/05/LDP
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsMar 2022Decision
- ConditionsMar 2022Decision
+ 14 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£998,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£925,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 January 2022Most recent
£925,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in HP1 3BB: £399,975 (2022–2020).
Versus other Noake Mill Lane homes
EPC Rating for Woodlands lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
212 m²
Street avg 210 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 10.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 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
16/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
The Red Lion PH — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB







