2 Lower Bannister Cottages, Bannister Hill, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HU
About 2 Lower Bannister Cottages
2 Lower Bannister Cottages is a detached house in Borden, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8HU). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2021 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2010OutbuildingFullIn report
Retrospective planning application for the erection of a summer house and fence.
Retrospective- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- SW/09/0954
- Sept 2008Tree WorksTreesIn report
To fell to ground level and remove one multi-stemed Leylandii.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- TC/08/0058
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Lower Bannister Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£929,000
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 5 sales in ME9 8HU: £915,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in ME9 8HU
2 Greystone, Bannister Hill, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HU
Sold Apr 2024
£930,0001 Greystone, Bannister Hill, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HU
Sold Apr 2024
£930,0003 Lower Bannister Cottages, Bannister Hill, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HU
Sold Jan 2023
£365,0004 Greystone, Bannister Hill, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HU
Sold Nov 2022
£915,000Lowlands, Bannister Hill, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HU
Sold Jun 2021
£915,000
Everything we know about 2 Lower Bannister Cottages, 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 Bannister Hill homes
2 Lower Bannister Cottages outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
86 (B)
Street avg 76 (C)
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 155 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Mountview — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Minterne Junior School. 16 schools 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
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB