26 Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SF
About 26 Chester Avenue
26 Chester Avenue is a semi-detached house in Luton (LU4 9SF). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 sits 69.3% above the 2022 sale of £150,000. At 94 m² it's 25.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 9 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
26 Chester Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
26 Chester Avenue has been through 9 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
9 applications on record at 26 Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SF
- Feb 2008New BuildOutlineOutcome in report
Development of Land for Residential Purpose - Erection of 4no. one bedroom flats.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00428/OUT
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsMar 2018Decision
- New BuildSept 2011Decision
+ 6 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
26 Chester Avenue's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.2% per year over 19 years.
£150,000
Growth on file: 0.2% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
12 December 2022Most recent
£150,000
+4.2%over 18 years17 December 2003
£144,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LU4 9SF: £274,000 (2025–2018).
Versus other Chester Avenue homes
On years held, 26 Chester Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,596
Street avg £2,644
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Wingate Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Downside Primary School. 39 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB