1 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PU
About 1 Cooks Mead
1 Cooks Mead is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4PU). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1471 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 sits 68.7% above the 2012 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 37.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in March 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Cooks Mead's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Nov 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jan 2017DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Demolition of out-building (home office) and construction of new single storey side extension.
- Agent
- Peter Davey Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/16/2612
- Sept 2016DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Demolition of out-building (home office) and erection of new single storey side and rear extension
- Agent
- Peter Davey Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/16/1739
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Cooks Mead
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Cooks Mead valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£447,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£265,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 2012Most recent
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 4PU: £355,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in RH12 4PU
16 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PU
Sold Oct 2024
£185,0002 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PU
Sold Sept 2020
£330,0003 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PU
Sold May 2018
£355,00012 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PU
Sold Nov 2016
£450,0004 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PU
Sold Mar 2015
£370,000
Everything we know about 1 Cooks Mead, in one report
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 Cooks Mead homes
On price per m², 1 Cooks Mead runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,939
Street avg £3,714
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.2 km
The Star — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Rusper Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB