1 Rickhamfields Cottages, Boxted Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7BY
About 1 Rickhamfields Cottages
1 Rickhamfields Cottages is a semi-detached house in Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 7BY). It has a recorded floor area of 186 m² (around 2002 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Rickhamfields Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Rickhamfields Cottages has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2021Change of UseOutlineIn report
Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural buildings to create 2no. dwellings and associated operation development. For it's prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development - Noise impacts of the development - Contamination risks on the site - Flooding risks on the site - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses) - Design and external appearance impacts on the building, and - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/500582/PNQCLA
- Dec 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Rear extension to form extended bedroom, lounge and utility room and lobby.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/504049/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Rickhamfields Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£582,000
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.
Median price across the last 3 sales in ME9 7BY: £750,000 (2021–2004).
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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
0.7 km
Breach Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Newington Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB