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Get started45 Benslow Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Hitchin (SG4 9RE). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.
At 226 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£689/sq ft) was about 127.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £1,675,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
45 Benslow Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Single storey · Rear of property
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,833,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,675,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
45 Benslow Lane is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£7,412
Street avg £5,019
Floor Area
226 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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 extension
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Variation of condition 2 (revised plans) of planning permission 24/00399/FPH granted 18.04.2024 for retention of replacement windows to front elevation. Single storey rear extension and alterations to roof and fenestration of existing garage to facilitate the conversion of garage into 1-bed ancillary annexe. Relocation of front gate post and widening of existing front entrance. Installation of etched glass panels to front door and entrance hall.
3 more applications for this property
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27 April 2022Most recent
£1,675,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 9RE: £950,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
SG4 9AP
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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