12 Cedar Close is a semi-detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £413,000 is 33.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 112.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in November 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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12 Cedar Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Jun 2025
12 Cedar Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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12 Cedar Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£413,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 18 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 18 years.
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On co₂ emissions, 12 Cedar Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,647
Street avg £2,817
Floor Area
85 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
1.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
12 November 2015Most recent
£310,000
+59.0%over 9 years26 May 2006
£195,000
+15.7%over 3 years23 May 2003
£168,500
+95.9%over 5 years22 January 1998
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BL: £365,000 (2025–2011).

CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Melbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB