40a, Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
About 40a
40a is a four-bedroom detached house in Peterborough (PE2 5EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 113 m² it's 19.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 29 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 94.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £452,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
40a has an approved side extension on the planning record.
4 applications on record at 40a, Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
- Aug 2014ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Renovation of old cottage including new roof. Extension to link cottage to existing bungalow and extension on side of cottage
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/01109/HHFUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2023Decision
- ExtensionJun 2015Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
40a has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2012.
£462,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 11 years.
£452,500
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
21 November 2022Most recent
£452,500
+117.5%over 10 years7 February 2012
£208,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE2 5EQ: £420,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in PE2 5EQ
42 Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
Sold May 2025
£260,00035 Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
Sold Feb 2025
£555,00021 Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
Sold Nov 2024
£420,00044 Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
Sold May 2024
£200,00058 Cherry Orton Road, Peterborough, PE2 5EQ
Sold Nov 2022
£515,000
Versus other Cherry Orton Road homes
On price per m², 40a stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,004
Street avg £2,454
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 166 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 8.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Ferry Meadows (Nene Valley Railway) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.5 km
Ormiston Meadows Academy. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB







