23 Ryecroft Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TT). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £473,000 is 35.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 35.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (August 2016).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 May 2026
23 Ryecroft Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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23 Ryecroft Lane valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£473,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
23 Ryecroft Lane is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£3,241
Street avg £3,417
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 101 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.
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
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16 August 2016Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7TT: £453,000 (2023–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SG8 7XA
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB