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Get started9 Forest Lane is a seven-bedroom detached house in Chigwell (IG7 5AF). It has a recorded floor area of 445 m² (around 4790 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£605/sq ft) was about 32.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £2,900,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 445 m² it's 26.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (352 m² median across 12 EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count.
9 Forest Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
9 Forest Lane has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 Boundary Details of EPF/0815/25 (Rear single storey infill extension including balcony, rear single storey extension to cover existing outdoor pool, conversion of garage into living space, internal reconfiguration, external elevation changes and two new vehicle access gates).
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£3,008,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 24 years.
£2,900,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 24 years.
9 Forest Lane outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,517
Street avg £6,253
Floor Area
445 m²
Street avg 368 m²
Habitable Rooms
12 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
West Hatch School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear single storey infill extension including balcony, rear single storey extension to cover existing outdoor pool, conversion of garage into living space, internal reconfiguration, external elevation changes and two new vehicle access gates.
3 more applications for this property
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3 February 2025Most recent
£2,900,000
+213.5%over 23 years31 July 2001
£925,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG7 5AF: £3,000,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 10.5 t/year
IG7 5AF
Closest school
0.5 km
West Hatch High School. 26 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB
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