23 Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
About 23 Cooling Road
23 Cooling Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cliffe, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 7RY). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 94% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £530,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- EV chargerYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property has been extended more than once and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
23 Cooling Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
7 applications on record at 23 Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
- Feb 2012New BuildOutlineOutcome in report
Application for approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping and scale) pursuant to outline consent MC/10/4642 for the construction of 3 detached dwellings with garages, layout parking, turning and amenity area and form vehicular accesses onto Cooling Road
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/11/1594
- More recent applications — locked
- OutbuildingOct 2021Decision
- ExtensionJul 2015Decision
+ 4 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 23 Cooling Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£502,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 10 years.
£530,000
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
10 November 2022Most recent
£530,000
+135.6%over 9 years1 March 2013
£225,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 7RY: £230,000 (2021–2017).
Nearby sales in ME3 7RY
13 Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
Sold Nov 2021
£230,00019a, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
Sold May 2019
£365,0005 Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
Sold Apr 2019
£205,000Elliotts End, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
Sold Aug 2018
£475,0009 Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7RY
Sold Apr 2017
£214,000
Versus other Cooling Road homes
23 Cooling Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,926
Street avg £2,332
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Norwood Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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
44.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB







