8 St Andrews Drive, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TR
About 8 St Andrews Drive
8 St Andrews Drive is a detached house in Fornham St. Martin, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6TR). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 is 29.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 37.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Risks
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Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jun 2021DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder planning application - single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory)
- Agent
- Steven James Allen Ltd.
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/21/1022/HH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£408,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£315,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 January 2021Most recent
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6TR: £410,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in IP28 6TR
31 St Andrews Drive, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TR
Sold Oct 2025
£414,5006 St Andrews Drive, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TR
Sold Dec 2024
£410,0002 St Andrews Drive, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TR
Sold Jun 2024
£500,00022 St Andrews Drive, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TR
Sold Oct 2023
£380,00037 St Andrews Drive, Fornham St Martin, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6TR
Sold Dec 2021
£352,500
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other St Andrews Drive homes
8 St Andrews Drive outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,795
Street avg £3,574
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Parklands Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Tollgate Primary School. 8 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
48.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB