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About Carthagena Farm Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Carthagena Farm Cottage is a detached house in Birdham, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 7HY). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 118 m² it's 30% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (169 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Carthagena Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.3 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Carthagena Farm Cottage, Bell Lane, Birdham, Chichester, PO20 7HY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Carthagena Farm Cottage has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Nov 2024ExtensionOutlinePRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED
Extension to existing 1 no. agricultural building.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Carthagena Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£646,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other Bell Lane homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, Carthagena Farm Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 162 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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