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Ashdown Lodge, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LE

Extendable4 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
7
Bathrooms
3
Floor area
247 m²
2659 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 46
Council tax
Band G
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Ashdown Lodge

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Ashdown Lodge is a seven-bedroom detached house in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7LE). It has a recorded floor area of 247 m² (around 2659 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 247 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,067,000 is 15.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 16.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £925,000 in February 2021. 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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms7
  • Bathrooms3

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-facing

Building

  • Extension potentialPossible
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Ashdown Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E46
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
13.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Ashdown Lodge, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history at Ashdown Lodge is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.

  1. Jan 2025
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (DANEHILL) TPO/2008/0035

    Documents
    15 docs on file
    Reference
    TM/2024/0261/TPO
    View planning record
  2. Dec 2022
    Tree WorksTrees
    In report

    REMOVE ONE BRANCH ON ONE OAK TREE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (DANEHILL) TPO/2008/0035

    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    TM/2022/0110/TPO
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Ashdown Lodge's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.

Current estimate

£1,067,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.7% per year over 13 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£925,000

Growth on file: 0.7% per year over 13 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 26 February 2021Most recent

    £925,000

    +10.1%over 13 years
  2. 5 December 2007

    £840,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 7LE: £540,000 (2024–2019).

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On the street

Versus other Beaconsfield Road homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Ashdown Lodge is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.

Price per m²

£3,745

Street avg £4,230

Below

Floor Area

247 m²

Street avg 187 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

13.0 t/year

Street avg 9.5 t/year

Strongly below
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

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Sandy Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

2.1 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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RH17 7LE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for RH17 7LE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for RH17 7LE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Ashdown Lodge, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.