Dark Orchard, Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EH
About Dark Orchard
Dark Orchard is a detached house in Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8EH). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2024) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95).
At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 45.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £700,000 in October 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Dark Orchard ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2024Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Garage conversion into habitable room, erection of a single storey infill rear extension with rooflight.
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/503113/FULL
- Aug 2009AmendmentIn report
Application for a Certificate of Lawful existing use for the use of land to the rear of Dark Orchard as domestic garden.
Retrospective- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- SW/09/0545
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Dark Orchard valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£761,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.1% per year over 19 years.
£700,000
Growth on file: 2.1% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
30 October 2024Most recent
£700,000
+48.9%over 19 years6 July 2005
£470,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 8EH: £400,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in ME9 8EH
2 Myrtle Cottages, Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EH
Sold Mar 2025
£345,000Tanglewood, Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EH
Sold Nov 2024
£667,500Carolan, Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EH
Sold Sept 2024
£400,000Stonecroft, Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EH
Sold May 2023
£700,0001 Myrtle Cottages, Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EH
Sold Feb 2023
£375,000
Everything we know about Dark Orchard, 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

Versus other Primrose Lane homes
EPC Rating for Dark Orchard runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,627
Street avg £3,593
Floor Area
193 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bredgar Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.4dB