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Get started16 Clifton Road is a detached house in Shefford (SG17 5AE). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £689,000 is 13.9% below the 2025 sale of £800,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 54.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer was March 2025 at £800,000 — fresh data. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An application is currently awaiting a decision.
16 Clifton Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A subdivision application was refused at 16 Clifton Road in 2025.
Discharge of Condition 2 & 3 against planning permission CB/25/02566/FULL (Demolition of guest house and bed & breakfast accommodation and the erection of a three storey building for 9 apartments with balconies to the front and rear. Alterations to the access and a new front boundary wall) - Details relating to materials and landscaping scheme.
Latest sale on 16 Clifton Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£689,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£800,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On years held, 16 Clifton Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,082
Street avg £3,236
Floor Area
196 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Prior Notification of proposed demolition: Demolition of guest house
2 more applications for this property
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13 March 2025Most recent
£800,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG17 5AE: £370,000 (2025–2023).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
SG17 5LG
Fire Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Samuel Whitbread Academy. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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