Northdown, Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
About Northdown
Northdown is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4EF). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 10 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£350/sq ft) was about 59.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £810,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Northdown sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Northdown has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
10 applications on record at Northdown, Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
- Mar 2007Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Notification of intention to cut back overhanging branches of one Fir Tree to the boundary; the tree being located in Bearsted Holy Cross Church Conservation Area.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- TA/0026/07
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksDec 2022Decision
- Tree WorksNov 2022Decision
+ 7 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£886,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£810,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 April 2022Most recent
£810,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 4EF: £1,080,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME14 4EF
Cherry Tree House, Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
Sold Oct 2025
£2,700,00019 Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
Sold Mar 2025
£1,080,00013 Danefield Court, Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
Sold Feb 2025
£175,00021 Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
Sold Mar 2023
£1,906,180Mount View, Church Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4EF
Sold Nov 2022
£400,000
Versus other Church Lane homes
On co₂ emissions, Northdown runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,767
Street avg £3,125
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 220 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Bearsted Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Thurnham Church of England Infant School. 10 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB







