White Cottage, Pook Lane, East Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0AX
About White Cottage
White Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in East Lavant, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 0AX). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 94 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 27.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £482,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
White Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jan 2026TreesIn report
Notification of intention to fell 1 no. Acacia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) (T1).
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/25/04767/TCA
- Nov 2022ConservatoryHeritageIn report
Removal of exterior white paint to expose original brick and flint wall (retrospective); works to open existing staircase through removal of timber panelling and replacement with new banister rail and spindles. Replacement of conservatory to the rear and lowering of ground level to improve drainage; New gutters and down pipes.
ListedRetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/22/00339/LIS
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at White Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£524,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 26 years.
£482,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
23 December 2021Most recent
£482,000
+197.5%over 24 years29 July 1997
£162,000
+8.0%over 1 year7 September 1995
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 0AX: £335,000 (2018–1996).
Nearby sales in PO18 0AX
Broyle Farm House, Pook Lane, East Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0AX
Sold Mar 2018
£800,000The Royal Oak, Flat, Pook Lane, East Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0AX
Sold Jun 2017
£97,49538 Pook Lane, East Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0AX
Sold Jul 2010
£485,000Broad Margin, Pook Lane, East Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0AX
Sold Oct 1996
£335,000
Everything we know about White Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Pook Lane homes
Floor Area for White Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 156 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.6 km
The Earl of March — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Lavant Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB