Bridgefoot Farm Kennels is a detached house in Heydon, Royston, Royston (SG8 7PU). It has a recorded floor area of 231 m² (around 2482 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 231 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include an annexe and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Bridgefoot Farm Kennels's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Jul 2021
A recent planning application at Bridgefoot Farm Kennels was refused — worth checking the council file.
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Bridgefoot Farm Kennels has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£797,000
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.
What we flagged
Bridgefoot Farm Kennels outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
231 m²
Street avg 132 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
3.0 km
Melbourn Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Change of use of the annexe for use as a separate dwelling including removal of condition 4 (occupancy) of planning permission 21/00338/FUL.
S73 to remove condition 4 (Occupation) of planning permission 21/00338/FUL (Change of occupation of the annexe from purposes ancillary to the residential use of Bridgefoot Farm Cottage to purposes to ancillary to the residential use of Kennel View).
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7PU: £355,000 (2025–2022).
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Street avg 6.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.5dB