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1 planning record
About Boundary Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Boundary Cottage is a detached house in Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH16 2EG). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £819,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£517/sq ft) was about 84.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £685,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D60
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Boundary Cottage, Backwoods Close, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2EG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Boundary Cottage.
- Jul 2022ExtensionFullPermission
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension and front infill to an existing detached house (Amended plans received 24.05.2022)
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£819,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2021)
£685,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Backwoods Close homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Boundary Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,569
Street avg £5,192
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Haywards Heath district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RH16 2EG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 39 points of interest in total.
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