21 Chapel Close is a mid-terrace house in Litlington, Royston, Royston (SG8 0QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 is 37.4% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 72.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² it's 18.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). 9 years since the last transfer (September 2017).
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21 Chapel Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
21 Chapel Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Price for 21 Chapel Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 21 years.
£254,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 21 years.
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EPC Rating for 21 Chapel Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,549
Street avg £2,061
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
1.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
8 September 2017Most recent
£254,000
-2.3%8 September 2017
£260,000
+381.5%over 20 years21 October 1996
£54,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0QJ: £280,000 (2022–2012).

CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Bassingbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB