Palm Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN
About Palm Cottage
Palm Cottage is a detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0EN). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.
At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Planning history
Palm Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Mar 2007HeritageIn report
An application for listed building consent for the replacement of 1930s sliding sash windows with Oak casement windows, repair brick quoins and plinth and repoint stonework in Lime Mortar; Oak framed repairs to door to same elevation as shown on the 1:1250 scale Ordnance Survey based site location plan, the photomontage marked PM1 & drawing number J1 all received on 25/01/07 and the proposed elevation received on 21/02/07, and as described in the Design Statement received on 25/01/07.
Listed- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/0173
- Mar 2007Tree WorksTreesIn report
Notification of intention to cut down one Field Maple and remove branches of two Field Maple trees by a maximum of 20% where overhanging rear garden; all trees being located in Loose Conservation Area.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- TA/0011/07
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Palm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£845,000
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0EN: £490,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in ME15 0EN
Stream Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN
Sold Nov 2022
£565,000Ragstone Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN
Sold Nov 2022
£575,000Pipers Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN
Sold Sept 2021
£425,000Beggars Roost, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN
Sold Mar 2021
£490,000Badgers Set, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN
Sold May 2018
£445,000
Everything we know about Palm Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Well Street homes
Palm Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
69 (C)
Street avg 72 (C)
Floor Area
191 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Rosemount Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Loose Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB