9 Cross Lane Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Orwell, Royston, Royston (SG8 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 is 37.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 19.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in August 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. At 124 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 11 EPCs).
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Jul 2025
9 Cross Lane Close has no planning applications on record.
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9 Cross Lane Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£517,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 20 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 20 years.
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Floor Area for 9 Cross Lane Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,024
Street avg £3,143
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
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
24 August 2015Most recent
£375,000
+321.3%over 20 years3 July 1995
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5QW: £430,000 (2023–2018).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
SG8 5AP
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB