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Get started1 Dale Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Hitchin (SG4 9AS). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Other recorded features include a balcony and outbuildings. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,448,000 is 10.5% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£580/sq ft) was about 69.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (153 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold November 2024 for £1,310,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.
1 Dale Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A partial demolition application was refused at 1 Dale Close in 2023.
Erection of one 3-bedroom dwelling with double garage, parking and associated works, following demolition of existing detached double garage and greenhouse.
Latest sale on 1 Dale Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,448,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 27 years.
£1,310,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 27 years.
On years held, 1 Dale Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,238
Street avg £4,951
Floor Area
210 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Coach Drive — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Condition 8 - Tree Protection Scheme (as discharge of condition attached to planning reference 15/02190/1 granted permission 03/11/2015)
3 more applications for this property
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14 November 2024Most recent
£1,310,000
+31.0%over 7 years10 November 2017
£1,000,000
+329.2%over 19 years27 November 1997
£233,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 9AS: £884,000 (2025–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
SG4 9RE
Closest school
0.6 km
Whitehill Junior School. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB
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