1 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
About 1 Meeting Close
1 Meeting Close is a semi-detached house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3AU). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).
Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in October 2005. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 sits 113.3% above the 2005 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£131/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
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Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Mar 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Single storey front, side and rear extensions
- Reference
- 20/00264/FUL
- Jun 2008Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Loft conversion with rear dormer.
- Reference
- 08/01337/LDP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£384,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.8% per year over 7 years.
£180,000
Growth on file: 16.8% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
25 October 2005Most recent
£180,000
+205.1%over 7 years13 August 1998
£59,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 3AU: £360,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in MK45 3AU
22 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Jan 2025
£360,0007 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Oct 2024
£360,00016 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Jul 2024
£390,00024 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold Sept 2022
£330,00012 Meeting Close, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3AU
Sold May 2021
£395,000
Everything we know about 1 Meeting Close, 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 Meeting Close homes
On price per m², 1 Meeting Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,406
Street avg £2,830
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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
0.1 km
High Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cotton End Forest School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB