23 Ashwell Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Steeple Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 is 20.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 102.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £345,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
23 Ashwell Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Application to modify planning obligations of planning permission S/2598/14/FL
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£345,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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23 Ashwell Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,833
Street avg £2,994
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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.
Nearest stop
2.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

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Demolition of existing 4 dwellings and construction of 9 new dwellings with new vehicle access
Full planning data for 23 Ashwell Road, Steeple Morden, Royston, SG8 0NZ
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16 August 2021Most recent
£345,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0NZ: £390,000 (2024–2017).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
SG8 0LP
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB