8 Chaucer Road, Royston, SG8 5AP
1 planning record
About 8 Chaucer Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Chaucer Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Royston (SG8 5AP). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 is 38.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 30.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenfront_and_rear
- Parking
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
8 Chaucer Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 May 2024
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Chaucer Road, Royston, SG8 5AP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Apr 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Chaucer Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 18 years.
Last sold (2014)
£315,000
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Chaucer Road homes
Four headline reads against 29 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
8 Chaucer Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,716
Street avg £3,162
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Roysia School — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 5AP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 37 points of interest in total.
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