159 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA
About 159 High Road
159 High Road is a detached house in Cotton End, Bedford, Bedford (MK45 3BA). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2026. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £567,000 is 16.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 57.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
159 High Road has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2026ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/02559/FUL
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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.
£567,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 May 2021Most recent
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK45 3BA: £355,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in MK45 3BA
121 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA
Sold Mar 2025
£355,000135 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA
Sold Dec 2024
£305,000143 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA
Sold Mar 2023
£285,000155 High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA
Sold Feb 2022
£565,000155a, High Road, Cotton End, Bedford, MK45 3BA
Sold Dec 2020
£435,000
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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 High Road homes
159 High Road is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£3,674
Street avg £3,046
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
0.0 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
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB