8 London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS
About 8 London Road
8 London Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Lynsted, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 9QS). It has a recorded floor area of 229 m² (around 2465 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2018 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Period features are noted in the property record.
At 229 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £659,000 is 16.6% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £565,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 London Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
MVHR (mechanical ventilation with heat recovery) installed
Planning history
8 London Road sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Aug 2021ConditionsIn report
Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 4 (Window and External Door Details) Condition 5 (Rooflights) Condition 6 (Eaves and Verge Details) Condition 7 (Detailed Elevational Drawings) Condition 8 (Boundary Brick Wall and Railings Details) Condition 9 (Method Statement - Schedule of Materials and Works) Condition 10 (No Occupation of New Dwellings Until Coach House Reconstructed) Condition 11 (Windows) Conditions 12 and 13 (Hard and Soft Landscaping Details) Condition 16 (Noise Levels) Condition 17 (Energy Efficiency) Condition 18 (Water Consumption) and Condition 19 (Bound Surface Materials) Subject to 19/503590/FULL
- Documents
- 32 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/504197/SUB
- May 2020ConditionsIn report
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (materials) in relation to planning permission 19/503590/FULL.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/501528/SUB
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- 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.
£659,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£565,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 August 2021Most recent
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 9QS: £410,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in ME9 9QS
Orchard View, London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS
Sold Feb 2022
£410,00010 London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS
Sold Nov 2021
£265,00018a, London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS
Sold Sept 2021
£640,000Meadow View, London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS
Sold Aug 2021
£450,00014 London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS
Sold Feb 2018
£167,500
Everything we know about 8 London Road, 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 London Road homes
8 London Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,467
Street avg £2,577
Floor Area
229 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dover Castle — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School. 3 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
47.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB