New Cottage, Isle Of Thorns, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LA
About New Cottage
New Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a balcony. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Most recent transfer was October 2025 at £790,000 — fresh data. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 14% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£874/sq ft) was about 104.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 84 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 12 EPCs).
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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
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageIntegral
- BalconyYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
New Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side and rear extension at New Cottage.
- Nov 2020PorchFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
DEMOLITION OF GARAGE, PROPOSED TWO STOREY SIDE/REAR EXTENSION WITH INTEGRAL GARAGE AND PORCH.
Extension- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2020/1982/F
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
New Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£823,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.0% per year over 5 years.
£790,000
Growth on file: 14.0% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
16 October 2025Most recent
£790,000
+97.5%over 5 years6 August 2020
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 7LA: £920,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in RH17 7LA
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Sold Dec 2022
£920,000Linton Cottage, Isle Of Thorns, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LA
Sold Jan 2022
£1,300,000Alwyn, Isle Of Thorns, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LA
Sold Mar 2020
£540,000Heather Cottage, Isle Of Thorns, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LA
Sold Sept 2016
£1,075,000
Everything we know about New Cottage, 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 Isle Of Thorns homes
Price per m² for New Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£9,405
Street avg £4,980
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
0.3 km
Sandy Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Danehill Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB