18 Trap Road, Guilden Morden, Royston, SG8 0JE
3 planning records
About 18 Trap Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
18 Trap Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JE). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
At 83 m² it's 20.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£509/sq ft) was about 79.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £455,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Corner plot
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
18 Trap Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F26
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
—
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
8.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 18 Trap Road, Guilden Morden, Royston, SG8 0JE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A a single-storey side and rear extension application was refused at 18 Trap Road in 2022.
- Apr 2024FullGranted
Form a new vehicular access to the property with dropped kerb.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£492,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£455,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Launch offer · 33% off
The complete analysis of 18 Trap Road, Guilden Morden, Royston, SG8 0JE
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Detailed analysis
A written breakdown of everything that matters
Versus other Trap Road homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 18 Trap Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,482
Street avg £3,790
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Royston district page.
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.
Closest school
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 0JE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 2 points of interest in total.
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