21 Ashtead Drive, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9NF
About 21 Ashtead Drive
21 Ashtead Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 9NF). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.
At 87 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £420,000 is 18.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 61.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2020 for £355,000.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
21 Ashtead Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Oct 2022Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Demolition of conservatory and erection of a single storey rear and a single storey side extension including changes to fenestration. Conversion of the garage to habitable living space.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/504024/FULL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 21 Ashtead Drive
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£420,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£355,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 July 2020Most recent
£355,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 9NF: £382,500 (2023–2015).
Nearby sales in ME9 9NF
10 Ashtead Drive, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9NF
Sold Sept 2023
£425,00031 Ashtead Drive, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9NF
Sold Mar 2022
£395,00020 Ashtead Drive, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9NF
Sold Oct 2019
£382,50014 Ashtead Drive, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9NF
Sold Aug 2019
£306,00012 Ashtead Drive, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9NF
Sold Dec 2015
£265,000
Everything we know about 21 Ashtead Drive, 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 Ashtead Drive homes
Price per m² for 21 Ashtead Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,080
Street avg £2,951
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Spring Acres — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery. 14 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB