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Get started8 Wessex Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in East Wittering, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 8NP). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2024) returns an A (score 92), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was B, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 10.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£537/sq ft) was about 49.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 122 m² it's 23.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £705,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
8 Wessex Avenue ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Variation of condition 7 of planning permission 12/01099/FUL (Replacement dwelling and associated works) - Code for Sustainable Homes: Level 2.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2012.
£762,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.7% per year over 13 years.
£705,000
Growth on file: 10.7% per year over 13 years.
On years held, 8 Wessex Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,779
Street avg £4,602
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water system changed
Windows upgraded to triple glazing
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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Discharge of condition(s) no(s). 3 and 6 from permission EWB/12/01099/FUL.
1 more application for this property
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13 March 2025Most recent
£705,000
+222.8%over 9 years11 February 2016
£218,400
+14.9%over 3 years25 April 2012
£190,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 8NP: £582,000 (2025–2022).
Tarragon Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester
Sold Nov 2025
Orchard Cottage Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester
Sold Jul 2024
11 Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester
Sold Jan 2024
15 Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester
Sold Jan 2023
17 Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester
Sold Sept 2022
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
PO20 8FD
Wessex Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
East Wittering Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB
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