49 Browning Close is an end-of-terrace house in Royston (SG8 7EY). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 107).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 44.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £408,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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49 Browning Close's carbon output is low for the local stock.
49 Browning Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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49 Browning Close saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£383,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 10 years.
£408,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 10 years.
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On years held, 49 Browning Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,643
Street avg £2,760
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Coombelands Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (50 kWp) installed
19 August 2022Most recent
£408,000
+29.5%over 5 years21 December 2016
£315,000
-4.5%21 December 2016
£330,000
+37.5%over 4 years30 October 2012
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7EY: £210,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 1.1 t/year
SG8 7DP
Closest school
0.7 km
Roman Way Academy. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.1dB