2 Council Cottages, Cuckfield Lane, Warninglid, Haywards Heath, RH17 5UB
About 2 Council Cottages
2 Council Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Warninglid, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5UB). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 is 24.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 44.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £342,500 in December 2019.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Council Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Apr 2025Change Of UseAmendmentIn report
The application seeks approval to change the use of the existing log cabin building to the rear of the property to a restricted small business use as a small beauty salon to be used by the homeowner.
- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/25/0461
- Jan 2025AmendmentIn report
Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of a log cabin, used for ancillary use to C3 (residential) erected in rear garden in February 2020
Retrospective- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/24/3059
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Council Cottages's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£425,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -2.1% per year over 10 years.
£342,500
Growth on file: -2.1% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
19 December 2019Most recent
£342,500
-19.4%over 10 years9 September 2009
£425,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 5UB: £975,500 (2025–2021).
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Sold Feb 2025
£1,500,151Cote Bank, Cuckfield Lane, Warninglid, Haywards Heath, RH17 5UB
Sold Sept 2023
£895,000Oak Cottage, Cuckfield Lane, Warninglid, Haywards Heath, RH17 5UB
Sold Mar 2022
£975,500Boundarys Edge, Cuckfield Lane, Warninglid, Haywards Heath, RH17 5UB
Sold Jun 2021
£1,150,000
Everything we know about 2 Council Cottages, 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 Cuckfield Lane homes
On floor area, 2 Council Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,757
Street avg £4,075
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 166 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 9.4 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 Half Moon — bus stop.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB