Woodlands, Hemington Road, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LS
About Woodlands
Woodlands is a four-bedroom detached house in Polebrook, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE8 5LS). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since April 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £580,000 sits 169.8% above the 2001 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 54.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Woodlands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Woodlands, Hemington Road, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LS
- Dec 2018Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 Salix crown reduce by 3.5m, T2 Acer pseudoplatanus fell, T3 Fagus sylvatica remove lower 2 branches over driveway.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/02106/TCA/
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Sales history & valuation
Woodlands's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£580,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.3% per year over 4 years.
£215,000
Growth on file: 9.3% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
26 April 2001Most recent
£215,000
+36.5%over 3 years21 October 1997
£157,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE8 5LS: £790,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in PE8 5LS
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Sold Jul 2024
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Sold Aug 2023
£435,000Brook House, Hemington Road, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LS
Sold Mar 2023
£790,000Barnleigh House, Hemington Road, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LS
Sold Oct 2018
£490,000
Versus other Hemington Road homes
On price per m², Woodlands runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,257
Street avg £3,803
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Polebrook Village DRT — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Polebrook Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







