2 Playles Yard is a detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5XW). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
Held since December 1999 — that's 26 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 £656,000 sits 229.6% above the 1999 sale of £199,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 42.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 2 Playles Yard.
2 Playles Yard's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£656,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£199,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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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
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

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Installation of powerwall AC battery system to side elevation, bi-fold doors to rear and installation of solar panels to roof of main dwelling and addition of solar panels to detached garage.
The installation of a Mitsubishi EcoDan Air Source Heat Pump
Full planning data for 2 Playles Yard, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5XW
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15 December 1999Most recent
£199,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG8 5XW: £261,500 (2020–1999).
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Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB