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Shears Cottage, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0AE

5 planning records

Estimated value

£446,000

  • Since the 2025 sale (£445,000)0%
  • Against SN4 0AE's recent median (£620,000)-28%

Newest record on this page: June 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
96 m²
1033 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 47
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£446,000

  • Against its 2025 sale (£445,000)0%
  • Against SN4 0AE's recent median (£620,000)-28%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Shears Cottage is modelled from its 96 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in SN4 0AE. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    96 m² from the EPC lodged in April 2023

  • Sales of this home

    2 sales recorded, the latest in 2025

  • Recent sales in SN4 0AE

    5 sales, median £620,000 (2025–2024)

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SalesLatest sale shown: June 2025Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
Planning1 of 5 applicationsFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Shears Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.

Sales timeline

  1. 3 April 2025Most recent

    £445,000

    +15.6%over 9 years

  2. 13 August 2015

    £385,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SN4 0AE: £620,000 (2025–2024).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Shears Cottage, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0AE. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Larger development activity nearbyIn report
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Shears Cottage

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

Shears Cottage is a semi-detached house in Wanborough, Swindon, Swindon (SN4 0AE). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £445,000. At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (157 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 52% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

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

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

Current Certificate
Apr 2023

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
5.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 23 April 2033

6 years remaining
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Shears Cottage, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0AE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Shears Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.

5 applications on record at Shears Cottage, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0AE

5decisions3extensions48documents1nearby
  1. Nov 2002
    ConservatoryHeritage
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Side of property

    Erection of white conservatory to side of house

    Extension
    Reference
    S/LBC/02/2985
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. FullDecision
  4. ApplicationDecision

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  • All 5 applications on this property in full, plus 1 notable nearby
  • The 48 documents, officer reports & conditions
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On the street

Versus other High Street homes

Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Shears Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,635

Street avg £3,428

Strongly above

Floor Area

96 m²

Street avg 183 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

5.9 t/year

Street avg 7.6 t/year

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

117/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Brewers Arms — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

Wanborough Primary School. 4 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Wanborough Primary SchoolPrimary379m
  • Liden AcademyPrimary2.4km
  • The Dorcan AcademySecondary2.7km
  • Eldene Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary2.9km

Nearest stops

  • Brewers ArmsBus stop188m
  • Brewers ArmsBus stop268m
  • College GreenBus stop469m
  • Magdalen RoadBus stop575m

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences638 reports42%
  • Anti-social Behaviour256 reports17%
  • Criminal Damage & Arson150 reports10%
  • Public Order138 reports9%

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A Local Area 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 SN4 0AE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SN4 0AE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SN4 0AE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.7dB

Low
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60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 build

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Comparables

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Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Shears Cottage is modelled from its 96 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in SN4 0AE. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for Shears Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Shears Cottage was lodged in April 2023 at band E and is valid until April 2033. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 5 applications are matched to Shears Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 4 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from SN4 0AE, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band
Shears Cottage is in council tax band E. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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