1 Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
About 1 Joan Shorts Lane
1 Joan Shorts Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (218 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Today's modelled estimate of £488,000 is 19% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £410,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
1 Joan Shorts Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 1 Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
- Sept 2006AnnexAmendmentOutcome in report
Change of use and alterations of barn to create additional accommodation
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/01497/CU
- More recent applications — locked
- ConversionJul 2007Decision
- ConversionFeb 2007Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£488,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£410,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 October 2022Most recent
£410,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8HJ: £875,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in PE31 8HJ
Sundial Cottage, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Jan 2024
£875,000The Boat House, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Jan 2023
£1,135,000Corner Lodge, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Dec 2021
£1,865,000Crossing Cottage, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Sept 2021
£128,600The Old Barn, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Nov 1999
£145,000
Versus other Joan Shorts Lane homes
EPC Rating for 1 Joan Shorts Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,659
Street avg £6,592
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 225 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.5 km
Burnham Market Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB







