1 New Road is a detached house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JN). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
12 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 28.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£396/sq ft) was about 85.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
1 New Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A recent planning application at 1 New Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
Submission of details required by conditions 4 (foul water and surface water drainage) and 7 (energy statement) of planning permission 25/00286/FUL
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£411,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On epc rating, 1 New Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,267
Street avg £3,747
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 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.
Closest school
0.6 km

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Submission of details required by conditions 3 (Site Working Arrangements), 4 (Foul & Surface Water Drainage), 5 (Materials:), 6 (Ecological Enhancement), 7 (Energy Statement), 9 (Cycle Stores), and 21 (Biodiversity Net Gain) of planning permission 25/00286/FUL
Full planning data for 1 New Road, Guilden Morden, Royston, SG8 0JN
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8 February 2021Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JN: £500,000 (2025–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
SG8 0NJ
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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