16 Stocking Hill, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PY
About 16 Stocking Hill
16 Stocking Hill is a mid-terrace house in Cottered, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 9PY). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 148 m² it's 24.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 12 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
High performance glazing installed
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- May 2023ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 2 (boundary treatment details), 14 (landscaping details) and removal of condition 15 (Amenity areas retained as open landscaping) of planning permission: 3/06/0314/FP for erection of 8 elderly persons dwellings with associated car parking, garages and landscape. Variation / Removal of condition is to facilitate new landscaping proposals.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/23/0020/VAR
- Apr 2022ConditionsIn report
Discharge condition 4 (remediation works to lane) attached to 3/20/1771/FUL
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- X/21/0422/CND
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
16 Stocking Hill has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£559,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9PY: £295,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in SG9 9PY
10 Stocking Hill, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PY
Sold Apr 2022
£2,650,0007 Stocking Hill, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PY
Sold Feb 2022
£450,0009 Stocking Hill, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PY
Sold Sept 2020
£295,0004 Stocking Hill, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PY
Sold Jan 2018
£280,0002 Stocking Hill, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9PY
Sold Aug 2017
£284,950
Everything we know about 16 Stocking Hill, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Stocking Hill homes
On epc rating, 16 Stocking Hill runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 114 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Stocking Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB