4 Pine Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TX). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 86 m² it's 22.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 3 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Modification of planning obligations contained in a Section 106 Agreement dated 30 January 2014 made between (1) South Cambridgeshire District Council, (2) Cambridgeshire County Council, (3) Fowlmere Parish Council, (4) Executors of Mrs E M Course and (5) Mr J & Mrs J Barnes pursuant to planning permission S/2035/00/F
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4 Pine Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£320,000
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
On epc rating, 4 Pine Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 73 (C)
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 71 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
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
2.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Modification of planning obligations contained in a Section 106 Agreement dated 30 January 2014 made between (1) South Cambridgeshire District Council, (2) Cambridgeshire County Council, (3) Fowlmere Parish Council, (4) Executors of Mrs E M Course and (5) Mr J & Mrs J Barnes pursuant to planning permission S/2035/00/F

Street avg 2.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Foxton Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Fowlmere Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB