42 Longcause, Plymouth, PL7 1JB
About 42 Longcause
42 Longcause is a four-bedroom detached house in Plymouth (PL7 1JB). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since May 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2014. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £455,000 is 40% above the 2006 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
42 Longcause sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 42 Longcause, Plymouth, PL7 1JB
- Jul 2014Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Leyland Cypress - Fell
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/01016/TPO
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£455,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.1% per year over 10 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 14.1% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
11 May 2006Most recent
£325,000
+75.7%over 3 years28 July 2002
£185,000
+105.7%over 5 years15 August 1996
£89,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL7 1JB: £230,000 (2024–2018).
Versus other Longcause homes
42 Longcause is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,826
Street avg £2,429
Floor Area
178 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Longcause — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Plympton St Maurice Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB