38 Church Lane is a detached house in Lincoln (LN2 1QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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38 Church Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at 38 Church Lane is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
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38 Church Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£615,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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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What we flagged
EPC Rating for 38 Church Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 142 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bailgate Methodist Church — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
(i) To remove epicormic growths from all 4 limes. (ii) To reduce the crown spread on the North and South sides of all 4 limes back to appropriate growth points proportionately by an extent not exceeding 2 metres on the North side and 2 metres on the South side. (iii) To reduce the height of all 4 limes by an extent not exceeding 2 metres. (iv) With particular regarding to the lime overhanging the neighbouring property of 2 East Bight, the additional proposals are: (a) To reduce the west facing crown back proportionately to appropriate growth points by an extent not exceeding 2 metres.(b) To carry out pruning to lower draping lateral branches on the South facing side to ensure the statutory carriageway clearance of 5.3 metres above highway surface level.
To remove epicormic growth and deadwood of 3 Lime trees ( T1, T2 & T3), reduce crown by 15% and west facing branches by an extent not exceeding 2 metres of 1 Lime tree (T4), and to fell 1 Larch (T5)
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Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 1QJ: £380,000 (2024–2020).

Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
LN2 1QF
Closest school
0.3 km
Westgate Academy. 17 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB