Park Farm, Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH
About Park Farm
Park Farm is a detached house in Shipdham, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7NH). It has a recorded floor area of 289 m² (around 3111 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 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 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 289 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £775,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Park Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2026OutlineIn report
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Erection, Extension or Alteration of a Building for Agricultural or Forestry use The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6 - Erection of new corn store
- Reference
- PL/2026/0103/PAAF
What's in Park Farm, Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Park Farm was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£717,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£775,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 August 2021Most recent
£775,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7NH: £285,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in IP25 7NH
1 Avondale Cottages, Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH
Sold Jul 2024
£285,000Excelsior Cottages, Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH
Sold Feb 2020
£425,0004 Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH
Sold Dec 2019
£330,0005 Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH
Sold May 2016
£247,0001 Birds Corner, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7NH
Sold Feb 2003
£147,000
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Versus other Birds Corner homes
Park Farm outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,682
Street avg £2,051
Floor Area
289 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.3 km
Toftwood Infant School. 3 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
48.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB