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Get started1 The Laurels is a detached house in Beanacre, Melksham, Melksham (SN12 7QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 46.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2022 for £560,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 1 The Laurels.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Latest sale on 1 The Laurels was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£597,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 24 years.
£560,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 24 years.
Price per m² for 1 The Laurels runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,000
Street avg £2,771
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey pitched roof extension to rear of existing garage
2 more applications for this property
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7 October 2022Most recent
£560,000
+15.5%over 4 years30 August 2018
£485,000
+261.9%over 20 years12 June 1998
£134,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN12 7QJ: £455,000 (2021–2015).
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
SN12 7GE
Westlands Road Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Shaw CE Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB
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