Columbine Cottage, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA
About Columbine Cottage
Columbine Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Penn, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP10 8LA). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£599/sq ft) was about 114.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 107 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (126 m² median across 4 EPCs). Sold February 2022 for £690,000. 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
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Columbine Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Remove 3 x Self-seeded Ash, crown lift to 5 metres and reduce limbs by 2 metres to 2 x Self-seeded Sycamore
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/07003/CTREE
- Mar 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder application for construction of single storey rear extension (alternative scheme to pp 07/07745/FUL)
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/05036/FUL
What's in Columbine Cottage, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Columbine Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£715,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£690,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 February 2022Most recent
£690,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP10 8LA: £405,000 (2006–2002).
Nearby sales in HP10 8LA
2 The Bank House, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA
Sold Dec 2006
£600,000Tylers Dell, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA
Sold Sept 2006
£370,000Woodbine Cottage, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA
Sold Jun 2005
£405,000Brambly Hedge, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA
Sold Sept 2004
£665,000Nutwith Cottage, Bank Road, Penn, High Wycombe, HP10 8LA
Sold Sept 1997
£150,000
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Versus other Bank Road homes
Price per m² for Columbine Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,449
Street avg £3,958
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Tylers Green First School. 14 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
47.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB