4 Fovant Close, Peatmoor, Swindon, SN5 5DW
About 4 Fovant Close
4 Fovant Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Peatmoor, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 5DW). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Last sale on file: £425,000 in July 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 131 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 50.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
4 Fovant Close has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2019ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for the erection of a single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- S/LDP/19/1207
What's in 4 Fovant Close, Peatmoor, Swindon, SN5 5DW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£454,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 24 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
7 July 2022Most recent
£425,000
+17.2%over 3 years25 April 2019
£362,500
+45.0%over 7 years17 October 2011
£250,000
+93.9%over 13 years8 October 1998
£128,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN5 5DW: £355,000 (2024–2013).
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Versus other Fovant Close homes
EPC Rating for 4 Fovant Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,244
Street avg £3,217
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Nightwood Copse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Peatmoor Community Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB