20 Cotton Smith Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Nettleham, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2XT). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £324,000 is 24.6% above the 2016 sale price. At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in May 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Feb 2026
20 Cotton Smith Way has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£324,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 19 years.
£259,950
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 19 years.
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Floor Area for 20 Cotton Smith Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,184
Street avg £2,434
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
20 May 2016Most recent
£259,950
+42.0%over 12 years2 February 2004
£183,000
+117.9%over 4 years23 July 1999
£84,000
+7.7%over 2 years10 April 1997
£78,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2XT: £290,000 (2022–2019).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
LN2 2YH
Cotton Smith Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
The Nettleham Infant and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB