Claypit Cottage, Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
About Claypit Cottage
Claypit Cottage is a detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8NT). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 118 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Claypit Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Claypit Cottage, Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
- Jul 2024Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 - Half dead Cypress Conifer to remove. T2 - Holly tree encroching on house to reduce away from building leaving a screen to neighbouring property. T3 - Golden Lawson Cypress next to T2, lift lower braches off the ground. T4 - Plum tree to lift lower branches off the ground. T5 and T6 2 x Silver Birch, crown lift by the removal of entire lower branches to a height of 5 metres above ground level and thin throughout the crown by 25% maximum, T7 - Large Sycamore to crown lift lower branches to a maximum height of 4 metres above ground level, lateral reduction of branches awat from property by 2 metres maximum to a height of 5 metres above ground level, and thinning throughout the crown by 25% maximum.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00127/TREECA
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionOct 2025Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Claypit Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8NT: £323,500 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in PE31 8NT
Grove Cottage, Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
Sold Jul 2024
£345,000Oaklands, Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
Sold Mar 2024
£350,00070 Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
Sold Oct 2020
£323,500The Corner House, Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
Sold May 2017
£186,500Oaklin, Little Lane, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8NT
Sold Aug 2006
£355,000
Versus other Little Lane homes
CO₂ Emissions for Claypit Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
32 (F)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 102 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.7 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
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB







