Laurel Cottage, Wormegay Road, Blackborough End, King's Lynn, PE32 1SG
1 planning record
About Laurel Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Laurel Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1SG). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 25 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. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 sits 77.3% above the 2014 sale of £112,250. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in March 2014.
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Laurel 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jan 2024
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Laurel Cottage, Wormegay Road, Blackborough End, King's Lynn, PE32 1SG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- May 2016DemolitionFullIn report
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Sales history & valuation
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Current estimate
See how we calculated this£199,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2014)
£112,250
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Versus other Wormegay Road homes
Four headline reads against 23 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Laurel Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,517
Street avg £2,039
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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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.
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
1.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE32 1SG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 1 points of interest in total.
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