1 May Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Great Chishill, Royston, Royston (SG8 8SN). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on smokeless coal. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 is 29.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£460/sq ft) was about 66.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 14 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sold in November 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
1 May Street'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jul 2024
A recent planning application at 1 May Street was refused — worth checking the council file.
3 lime trees one in the right hand corner of my front garden as looking from hall lane the other 2 are left and right of the path to my front door. Pollard back to previous growth points.
1 May Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 17 years.
£272,500
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 17 years.
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EPC Rating for 1 May Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,955
Street avg £8,471
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
2.1 km

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Submission of details required by condition 6 (Samples of Materials) of planning permission 20/02001/LBC
Full planning data for 1 May Street, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SN
12 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
16 November 2015Most recent
£272,500
+10.4%over 7 years9 April 2008
£246,867
+11.0%over 3 years20 December 2004
£222,500
+51.4%over 4 years11 August 2000
£147,000
+33.6%over 1 year18 September 1998
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8SN: £730,000 (2022–2016).
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CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
SG8 8AD
St Margaret of Antioch Church — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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