20 Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
About 20 Clays Lane
20 Clays Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Loughton (IG10 2RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 232 m² (around 2497 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
8 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 232 m² it's 29.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (179 m² median across 10 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£635/sq ft) was about 60.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £1,585,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
20 Clays Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
20 Clays Lane has been through 7 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jun 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension. Formation of a new rear terrace and associated balustrade and steps at ground floor level providing access to the garden level. Erection of a two storey front extension plus associated fenestration changes.
- Documents
- 48 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/0916/23
- Sept 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Single storey rear extension. Formation of a new rear terrace and associated balustrade and steps at ground floor level providing access to the garden level. Erection of a two storey front extension and the Conversion of the loft void to habitable, to include a Mansard style crown roof addition. Associated fenestration changes.
Extension- Documents
- 54 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/1666/22
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,724,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,585,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 March 2021Most recent
£1,585,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG10 2RZ: £982,075 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in IG10 2RZ
2 Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
Sold Sept 2024
£1,150,0006 Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
Sold Sept 2021
£2,200,000Goldings Croft, Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
Sold Oct 2020
£850,0002 Little Goldings, Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
Sold Jul 2019
£982,0754 Clays Lane, Loughton, IG10 2RZ
Sold Apr 2018
£930,000
Versus other Clays Lane homes
Price per m² for 20 Clays Lane runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,832
Street avg £4,328
Floor Area
232 m²
Street avg 234 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
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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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Baldwins Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Davenant Foundation School. 11 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB







