23 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EB
About 23 Forest Road
23 Forest Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 1EB). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£545/sq ft) was about 99.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £675,000 in September 2021. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Forest Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2017ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval application for a 3.6m deep single storey rear extension, height to eaves 2.3m and overall height of 3.3m.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/2310/17
- Aug 2017ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed single storey rear extension to existing property.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/1743/17
What's in 23 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 23 Forest Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£732,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 19 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£675,000
+141.1%over 15 years3 March 2006
£279,995
+7.7%over 3 years24 February 2003
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG10 1EB: £281,500 (2018–2002).
Everything we know about 23 Forest Road, 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 Forest Road homes
On price per m², 23 Forest Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,870
Street avg £4,038
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Forest Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Staples Road Primary School. 13 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
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB