Hare Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
About Hare Cottage
Hare Cottage is a semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8LS). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 959 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 47). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 89 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 sits 84.3% above the 2012 sale of £172,000. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2002. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.
Energy performance
Hare Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Nov 2021
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Hare Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
- Sept 2002Change of UseHeritageOutcome in report
Change of use of public house to 2 dwellings
- Reference
- 2/02/0581/LB
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Sales history & valuation
Hare Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£317,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 16 years.
£172,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
3 April 2012Most recent
£172,000
+209.9%over 16 years3 April 1996
£55,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8LS: £660,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in PE31 8LS
Robina Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
Sold Jul 2024
£675,000Jubilee Lodge, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
Sold Apr 2024
£670,000Fitzwell, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
Sold Nov 2023
£351,2503 Station Cottages, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
Sold Jul 2023
£575,000Post Office Cottage, Station Road, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8LS
Sold May 2023
£660,000
Versus other Station Road homes
EPC Rating for Hare Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,930
Street avg £2,991
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







