Forest Cottage, Carters Hill, Billingbear, Wokingham, RG40 5RR
2 planning records
About Forest Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Forest Cottage is a detached house in Billingbear, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 5RR). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (146 m² across 4 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 a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Forest Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E49
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
10.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Forest Cottage, Carters Hill, Billingbear, Wokingham, RG40 5RR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Sept 2010FullIn report
Proposed erection of building for use as store/tack room/hay shed. (Demolition of existing building used for same purposes)
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Forest 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£1,225,000
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.
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Carters Hill homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Forest Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 188 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Wokingham district page.
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
1.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG40 5RR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 37 points of interest in total.
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