Stapleton, Faversham Road, Wichling, Sittingbourne, ME9 0DE
About Stapleton
Stapleton is a six-bedroom detached house in Wichling, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Utility roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Stapleton's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Stapleton has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Mar 2025OutlineIn report
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed siting of a caravan for use ancillary to the main dwelling.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/500247/LAWPRO
- Nov 2018FullIn report
Proposed electrical cabinet adjacent to the south end of the house.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/505001/FULL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Stapleton
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Stapleton has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£764,000
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.
Everything we know about Stapleton, 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
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km
Chequers Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB