2 Benning Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1XX). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 is 12.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 61.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £615,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Application for non-material amendment to planning consent 222665 to allow changes to fenestration and addition of a roof light.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£693,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 15 years.
£615,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 15 years.
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2 Benning Way outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,731
Street avg £4,390
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Householder application for single storey rear extension, first-floor side extension, outbuilding to form a garage, garage conversation, roof alterations with changed to fenestration.
8 February 2022Most recent
£615,000
+84.1%over 15 years4 December 2006
£334,100
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1XX: £615,000 (2025–2023).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
RG40 1QZ
Ashridge Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Keep Hatch Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.2dB