Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedAre you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get started16 Chestnuts Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH16 2AU). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 53.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Sold May 2023 for £800,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Proposed ancillary Annex to replace garage store. Amended drawing received on 02.10.2023 including revisions to fenestration.
Latest sale on 16 Chestnuts Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£783,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 17 years.
£800,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 17 years.
Floor Area for 16 Chestnuts Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,634
Street avg £5,235
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Replace window on side elevation with french doors and install new window in kitchen in front elevation.
3 more applications for this property
Join to see all planning history.
31 May 2023Most recent
£800,000
+138.8%over 17 years19 May 2006
£335,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH16 2AU: £600,000 (2025–2021).
18 Chestnuts Close Lindfield Haywards Heath
Sold Sept 2025
1 Chestnuts Close Lindfield Haywards Heath
Sold Mar 2025
27 Chestnuts Close Lindfield Haywards Heath
Sold Mar 2022
23 Chestnuts Close Lindfield Haywards Heath
Sold Nov 2021
15 Chestnuts Close Lindfield Haywards Heath
Sold Jul 2020
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
RH16 2ES
Hickman's Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Lindfield Primary Academy. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB
Find out what your property is worth with a free valuation from a top-rated local estate agent.
Free valuation
An expert visits your home
Local expertise
An agent who knows your area
No obligation
You decide if and when to sell