46a, Longcause, Plymouth, PL7 1JD
About 46a
46a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Plymouth (PL7 1JD). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). At 51 m² this is the 11th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–144 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 23 units on file.
Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 47.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 22 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £125,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Cavity wall insulation installed
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Planning history
46a has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£132,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 5 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
11 February 2022Most recent
£125,000
+42.0%over 5 years21 December 2016
£88,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL7 1JD: £175,000 (2019–2014).
Versus other Longcause homes
On co₂ emissions, 46a runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
68 (D)
Street avg 72 (C)
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 47 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 1.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cotton Close — 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
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







