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Brooklands, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR

2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
7
From EPC
Floor area
132 m²
1421 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 24
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Brooklands

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Brooklands is a detached house in Cottered, Buntingford, Buntingford (SG9 9QR). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 132 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (168 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £808,000 is 17.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 47.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £690,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Brooklands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F24
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
13.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Brooklands, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Brooklands has an approved extension on the planning record.

  1. Apr 2026
    Amendment
    In report

    Non-material amendment to 3/22/0877/HH, changes to the roof tiles

    Documents
    5 docs on file
    Reference
    3/26/0417/NMA
    View planning record
  2. Aug 2022
    Solar PanelsFull
    In report

    Two storey front, side and rear extensions. Alterations to fenestration. Installation of solar panels to rear and creation of two storey entrance way.

    Extension
    Documents
    11 docs on file
    Reference
    3/22/0877/HH
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Brooklands has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.

Current estimate

£808,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 25 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£690,000

Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 January 2021Most recent

    £690,000

    +331.3%over 25 years
  2. 1 December 1995

    £160,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SG9 9QR: £900,000 (2024–2018).

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On the street

Versus other Brook End homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for Brooklands lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£5,227

Street avg £4,577

Above

Floor Area

132 m²

Street avg 179 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

13.0 t/year

Street avg 7.4 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Buntingford district page.

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

The Bull PH — bus stop.

Closest school

2.5 km

Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG9 9QR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SG9 9QR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SG9 9QR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Brooklands, Brook End, Cottered, Buntingford, SG9 9QR. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.