Woodend, Garden Cottage, Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester, PO18 9BP
About Woodend
Woodend is a detached house in West Stoke, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 9BP). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Across 2002–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at -16.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,780,000 sits 14140% above the 2023 sale of £12,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£7/sq ft) was about 97.6% below the postcode norm. At 160 m² it sits well below the postcode median (252 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: January 2023 at £12,500.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Woodend's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Woodend.
- Dec 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two-storey rear extension with various alterations including replacement and alterations to fenestration and reconfiguration of parking arrangement.
- Agent
- Hebden Design Studio
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/23/04306/HOUS
- Apr 2023PorchIn report
Single storey side extension, first floor extension to the rear, entrance porch and associated landscape works.
- Agent
- Hebden Design Studio
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- SDNP/22/05535/PREO
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Woodend was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,780,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -16.6% per year over 20 years.
£12,500
Growth on file: -16.6% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
17 January 2023Most recent
£12,500
-99.1%over 1 year29 September 2021
£1,450,000
+192.9%over 18 years29 October 2002
£495,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 9BP: £858,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in PO18 9BP
Vivans House, Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester, PO18 9BP
Sold Aug 2024
£2,350,000Woodend, The Clock House, Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester, PO18 9BP
Sold May 2023
£858,000Woodend, Langtry House, Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester, PO18 9BP
Sold Dec 2021
£1,125,000Woodend, Kingley House, Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester, PO18 9BP
Sold Apr 2021
£735,000Woodend, The Summer House, Downs Road, West Stoke, Chichester, PO18 9BP
Sold Dec 2020
£775,000
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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 Downs Road homes
Price per m² for Woodend lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£78
Street avg £4,503
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 271 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 12.6 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
0.9 km
Chapel Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Funtington Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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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
42.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB