8 Cambridge Close, Swindon, SN3 1JQ
About 8 Cambridge Close
8 Cambridge Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN3 1JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 66 m² it's 29.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 is 24.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£373/sq ft) was about 67.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £265,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
8 Cambridge Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Cambridge Close has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at 8 Cambridge Close, Swindon, SN3 1JQ
- Sept 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension.
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- S/HOU/22/0363
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJul 2024Decision
- ExtensionDec 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£331,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£265,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 December 2021Most recent
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN3 1JQ: £265,000 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in SN3 1JQ
Versus other Cambridge Close homes
EPC Rating for 8 Cambridge Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,015
Street avg £3,159
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cambridge Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Lawn Primary and Nursery School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB







