16 Canberra Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5JF). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 sits 358.5% above the 1997 sale of £94,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 59.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2018. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Pitched roof to garage and conversion
16 Canberra Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£431,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£94,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
16 Canberra Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£922
Street avg £3,001
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 100 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
2.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
What's in 16 Canberra Close, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5JF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
11 July 1997Most recent
£94,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5JF: £307,000 (2022–2014).

CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
SG8 5GR
Sassoon Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB