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Get started11 Benslow Lane is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hitchin (SG4 9RE). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£497/sq ft) was about 64% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold May 2019 for £760,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
11 Benslow Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Oct 2022
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Single storey · Rear of property
11 Benslow Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£830,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 17 years.
£760,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 17 years.
11 Benslow Lane is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£5,352
Street avg £5,078
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Verulam Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory
1 more application for this property
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31 May 2019Most recent
£760,000
+38.2%over 5 years24 September 2013
£550,000
+14.6%over 7 years29 June 2006
£480,000
+23.9%over 2 years12 December 2003
£387,500
+23.4%over 1 year16 September 2002
£314,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 9RE: £1,100,000 (2025–2022).
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
SG4 9QD
Closest school
0.2 km
St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin. 20 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB
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