53a, Flat 1, High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HN
About 53a
53a is a semi-detached house in Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH16 2HN). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Feb 2009RenovationHeritageIn report
Proposed replacement shopfront
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/03947/LBC
- Jul 2007HeritageIn report
4 fascia signs and 1 hanging sign all non-illuminated
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00895/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
53a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£316,000
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH16 2HN: £457,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in RH16 2HN
75a, High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HN
Sold Aug 2025
£395,00065a, High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HN
Sold Dec 2022
£762,50063 High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HN
Sold Dec 2021
£457,00097 High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HN
Sold Dec 2013
£525,00043a, High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HN
Sold Nov 2011
£192,000
Versus other High Street homes
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 67 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Lindfield Primary Academy. 9 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







