7 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
About 7 Cooden Close
7 Cooden Close is a detached house in Rainham, Gillingham, Gillingham (ME8 7QD). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £543,000 is 20.7% above the 2020 sale price. Most recent transfer: June 2020 at £450,000.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
7 Cooden Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 7 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
- Aug 2006ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of a single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- MC/06/1178
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 7 Cooden Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£543,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 24 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
30 June 2020Most recent
£450,000
+373.7%over 23 years22 November 1996
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME8 7QD: £350,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in ME8 7QD
10 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
Sold Jan 2024
£350,0006 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
Sold May 2023
£415,00011 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
Sold Nov 2022
£380,0003 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
Sold May 2021
£290,0009 Cooden Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7QD
Sold Mar 2021
£347,500
Versus other Cooden Close homes
7 Cooden Close outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,369
Street avg £4,388
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Tilbury Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Riverside Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB







