56 Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
About 56 Green End Road
56 Green End Road is a detached house in Kempston, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 8RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2017 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil: heating oil.
At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 10 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold December 2021 for £742,564. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 102.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
56 Green End Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
10 applications on record at 56 Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
- Jan 2009RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Remedial works to gable end wall.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/02875/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2021Decision
- ExtensionSept 2019Decision
+ 7 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 56 Green End Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£816,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.6% per year over 10 years.
£742,564
Growth on file: 10.6% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
3 December 2021Most recent
£742,564
+125.7%over 5 years18 November 2016
£329,000
+11.5%over 1 year6 April 2015
£295,000
+11.3%over 3 years25 September 2011
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 8RJ: £275,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in MK43 8RJ
6 Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
Sold Feb 2025
£347,50022 Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
Sold Nov 2022
£275,00024 Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
Sold Feb 2022
£227,00060 Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
Sold Feb 2020
£8,00030a, Green End Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 8RJ
Sold Mar 2019
£360,000
Versus other Green End Road homes
56 Green End Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,317
Street avg £2,645
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 127 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 11 years
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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
0.6 km
Hebbes Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Kempston Rural Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB







