Church Cottage, Eartham, Chichester, PO18 0LP
About Church Cottage
Church Cottage is a semi-detached house in Eartham, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 0LP). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 135 m² it's 22.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £779,000 is 15.4% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 31.3% below the postcode norm. 13 years since the last transfer (November 2013).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Church Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Feb 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Church Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jul 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Rear extension and internal adaptions to suit, to replace permitted rear/side extension.
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/02150/DOM
- May 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey rear/side extension.
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/01700/DOM
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Church Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£779,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 18 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
29 November 2013Most recent
£675,000
+382.1%over 17 years30 January 1996
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 0LP: £1,850,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in PO18 0LP
Everything we know about Church 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 the street
EPC Rating for Church Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 23 (F)
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 149 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 10.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.3 km
Great Ballard School — bus stop.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB