Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Birchwood Farm Cottages, Shaws Lane, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9BX
5 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
76 m²
818 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 41
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Private Rental
About 1 Birchwood Farm Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Birchwood Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in Southwater, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 9BX). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since July 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 sits 1572% above the 1995 sale of £25,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 76 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 7 EPCs).
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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.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate
Jan 2019EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 January 2029
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Level 3 Building Survey
Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildNo mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls
Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Birchwood Farm Cottages, Shaws Lane, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9BX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Birchwood Farm Cottages has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
5 applications on record at 1 Birchwood Farm Cottages, Shaws Lane, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9BX
5decisions2extensions83documents4nearby
Flagged:Retrospective
- Sept 2013FullOutcome in report
Retrospective application for construction of replacement barn
Retrospective- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/13/0873
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJan 2026Decision
- MixedFeb 2021Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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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.
1 Birchwood Farm Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£418,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1995)
£25,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 July 1995Most recent
£25,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in RH13 9BX: £735,000 (2019–2018).
Versus other Shaws Lane homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 1 Birchwood Farm Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 142 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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 Horsham district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
118/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Woodlands Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Southwater Infant Academy. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RH13 9BX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB
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65 dB
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80 dB
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