5 Cherry Tree Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Litlington, Royston, Royston (SG8 0RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 is 30.9% above the 2018 sale price. Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £320,000.
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5 Cherry Tree Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
5 Cherry Tree Close has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
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£419,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£320,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 5 Cherry Tree Close lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 80 (C)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 55 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
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
2.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey extension to side and rear.
29 November 2018Most recent
£320,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in SG8 0RQ: £219,995 (2019–2005).

Street avg 2.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
SG8 0LP
Bassingbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB