Post Box Cottage, White Pit Way, Swaby, Alford, LN13 0AZ
About Post Box Cottage
Post Box Cottage is a property in Swaby, Alford, Alford (LN13 0AZ).
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in January 2004. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.6% per year.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
No EPC on record
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Planning history
- Nov 2023AnnexFullIn report
Planning Permission - Extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling to provide additional living accommodation and conversion of an outbuilding to provide an annexe.
- Agent
- Lincs Design Consultancy Ltd,
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- N/173/01917/23
- Oct 2023AnnexOutlineIn report
Environmental Impact Assessment (E.E.C. Directive 85/337/E.E.C. as amended by Council Directive 97/11E.C.) for a screening opinion with respect to the extensions and alterations to existing dwelling and change of use of outbuilding to provide a annexe.
- Agent
- Lincs Design Consultancy Ltd,
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N/173/01918/23
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£143,000
Growth on file: 20.6% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
16 January 2004Most recent
£143,000
+120.0%over 4 years2 November 1999
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN13 0AZ: £180,000 (2023–2017).
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Church Lane — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB