Myrtle Cottage, Chequers Lane, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9LJ
About Myrtle Cottage
Myrtle Cottage is a semi-detached house in North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, Newport Pagnell (MK16 9LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2519 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Myrtle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Myrtle Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jan 2026Tree WorksTreesIn report
The reduction to previously pruned cuts to 8m and remove lower limb which has decay and overhanging shed of Willow (T1) and the removal of Ash (T2) as pushing against wall
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- PLN/2025/2614
- Nov 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Notification of intention to reduce a willow (T1) and Ash (T2) to previously pruned cuts (approx 4m), as they are overhanging the boundary, and to reduce an Ash (T3) by 4m as it's too close to the garden wall
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/02596/TCA
What's in Myrtle Cottage, Chequers Lane, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9LJ's planning history?
5 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Myrtle Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£741,000
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 MK16 9LJ: £211,000 (2025–2005).
Nearby sales in MK16 9LJ
7 Chequers Lane, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9LJ
Sold Mar 2025
£211,0004 Chequers Lane, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9LJ
Sold Mar 2007
£246,0005 Chequers Lane, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9LJ
Sold Oct 2006
£183,00013 Chequers Lane, North Crawley, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9LJ
Sold Oct 2003
£295,000
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Versus other Chequers Lane homes
EPC Rating for Myrtle Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
33 (F)
Street avg 37 (F)
Floor Area
234 m²
Street avg 222 m²
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 15.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.1 km
The Cock — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
North Crawley CofE School. 1 school 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
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB