Longlands Cottage, Stain Lane, Withern, Alford, LN13 0PF
About Longlands Cottage
Longlands Cottage is a detached house in Withern, Alford, Alford (LN13 0PF). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2016OutlineIn report
Determination of whether or not prior approval is required for thea) design or external appearance of the building,b) transport and highways impacts of the development,c) the noise impacts of the development,d) contamination risks on the site, e) flooding risks on the site andf) whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the building to change from agricultural use to 2no. dwellings, a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the schedule to the Use Classes Order in accordance with amended plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 17th February, 2016.
- Agent
- M.A. Upton,
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- N/212/00208/16
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Sales history & valuation
Longlands Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£263,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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Versus other Stain Lane homes
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
1.7 km
Wayside Cottage — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
The St Margaret's Church of England School, Withern. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB