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Burgess Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
136 m²
1464 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 54
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Burgess Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Burgess Cottage is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8LS). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £459,000 sits 179.9% above the 2004 sale of £164,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 44.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms6
  • Bathrooms2
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Burgess Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildNo mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Burgess Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at Burgess Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS

1decisions1extensions12documents15nearby
  1. Oct 2014
    ExtensionFull
    Outcome in report

    Infill extension between two existing extensions and construction of single pitch roofline

    Documents
    12 docs on file
    Reference
    14/01157/F
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  • The 12 documents, officer reports & conditions
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Burgess Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).

Current estimate

£459,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.6% per year over 4 years.

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Last sold (2004)

£164,000

Growth on file: 15.6% per year over 4 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 14 September 2004Most recent

    £164,000

    +72.6%over 1 year

  2. 18 December 2002

    £95,000

    +11.1%over 2 years

  3. 17 March 2000

    £85,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8LS: £660,000 (2024–2023).

On the street

Versus other Station Road homes

Four headline reads against 30 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On habitable rooms, Burgess Cottage stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£1,206

Street avg £3,020

Strongly below

Floor Area

136 m²

Street avg 117 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

6.8 t/year

Street avg 6.2 t/year

On par
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Burgess Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£477k

1 Beechwood Court, The Street, Syderstone

PE31 8TR

4 bed2 bath
£454k

1 Anchorage View, Brancaster

PE31 8XD

2 bed
£450k

1 Branodunum, Brancaster

PE31 8AL

3 bed
£469k

1 Burton Cottages, Station Road, Docking

PE31 8LT

£448k

1 Bradmere Lane, Docking

PE31 8NQ

£447k

1 Ayres Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe

PE31 8HN

3 bed1 bath
£490k

1 Almshouses, Back Lane, Burnham Market

PE31 8EY

£420k

1 Bennett Mews, Docking

PE31 8FS

2 bed2 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the King's Lynn district page.
Full King's Lynn report

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

0.3 km

Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery. 1 school nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE31 8LS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for PE31 8LS

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for PE31 8LS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.8dB

Low
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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