26 Chatfield Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BB
About 26 Chatfield Road
26 Chatfield Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5BB). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£564/sq ft) was about 131% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £838,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Chatfield Road has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2019PorchFullIn report
Erection of front porch and new off street parking area
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/19/3238
- Dec 2009AnnexFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension to provide additional ancillary accommodation.
- Agent
- GWP Architects Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/03205/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 26 Chatfield Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£918,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 18 years.
£838,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2022Most recent
£838,000
+204.7%over 18 years9 February 2004
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 5BB: £435,250 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in RH17 5BB
28 Chatfield Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BB
Sold Aug 2024
£435,250Tabek, Chatfield Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BB
Sold Oct 2023
£380,00017 Chatfield Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BB
Sold Nov 2022
£440,0008 Chatfield Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BB
Sold Oct 2022
£375,00010 Chatfield Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BB
Sold Oct 2021
£450,000
Everything we know about 26 Chatfield Road, 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 Chatfield Road homes
26 Chatfield Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,072
Street avg £3,850
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
0.1 km
The Wheatsheaf — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB