5 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
About 5 Dorchester Close
5 Dorchester Close is a one-bedroom property in Cliffe Woods, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 8JB). It has council tax band B.
It hasn't traded since February 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.5% per year. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
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Planning history
5 Dorchester Close has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 5 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
- May 2004PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Construction of a single storey front extension (demolition of front porch)
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- MC/04/0628
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Sales history & valuation
5 Dorchester Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£124,000
Growth on file: 14.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
23 February 2007Most recent
£124,000
+24.0%over 3 years8 December 2003
£99,995
+35.1%over 1 year20 June 2002
£74,000
+19.4%over 1 year24 November 2000
£62,000
+29.2%over 9 months25 February 2000
£48,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 8JB: £190,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in ME3 8JB
12 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
Sold Nov 2025
£193,00011 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
Sold Aug 2025
£180,0001 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
Sold Jun 2024
£190,00024 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
Sold Dec 2023
£255,00016 Dorchester Close, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8JB
Sold Jul 2019
£145,000
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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
0.2 km
Tennyson Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Cliffe Woods Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







