8a is a four-bedroom detached house in Orwell, Royston, Royston (SG8 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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8a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
8a has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
8a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£707,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
Floor Area for 8a runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
202 m²
Street avg 141 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of conservatory to the rear
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of conservatory to the rear
What's in 8a, Cross Lane Close, Orwell, Royston, SG8 5QW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5QW: £430,000 (2023–2018).

Street avg 7.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
SG8 5FL
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB