22 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
About 22 Birch Grove
22 Birch Grove is a semi-detached house in Hempstead, Gillingham, Gillingham (ME7 3RA). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £377,000 sits 259% above the 1999 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 61.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2005. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 19 May 2024
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Planning history
1 application on record at 22 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
- Nov 2005Loft ConversionOutlineOutcome in report
Application for Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for insertion of dormer to rear to facilitate loft conversion
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/05/2061
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Sales history & valuation
22 Birch Grove's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£377,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£105,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 July 1999Most recent
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME7 3RA: £375,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME7 3RA
8 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
Sold Nov 2025
£420,00030 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
Sold Jun 2024
£417,00036 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
Sold Oct 2022
£370,0003 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
Sold Jul 2022
£301,00028 Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3RA
Sold Mar 2022
£375,000
Versus other Birch Grove homes
22 Birch Grove outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,141
Street avg £3,495
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
490/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hickory Dell — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Hempstead Infant School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB







