Orchard Villa, Back Lane, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 2AR
3 planning records
About Orchard Villa
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Orchard Villa is a four-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 2AR). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Held since August 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 sits 360.3% above the 1995 sale of £73,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 63.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (154 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).
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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Orchard Villa's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E44
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.5 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Orchard Villa, Back Lane, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 2AR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Orchard Villa is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Feb 2025Tree WorksTreesTree Application - No objection
T1- Twin stemmed Monterey Cypress- Fell to ground level and replace with a hornbean tree as close as possible to the base of the cypress tree. This tree is not suitable for a reduction due to its species and its form.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Orchard Villa was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£336,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1995)
£73,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Launch offer · 33% off
The complete analysis of Orchard Villa, Back Lane, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 2AR
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Detailed analysis
A written breakdown of everything that matters
Versus other Back Lane homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Orchard Villa lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£811
Street avg £2,636
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor 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.
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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE32 2AR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 1 points of interest in total.
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