4 Orchard Road, Gillingham, SP8 4BQ
About 4 Orchard Road
4 Orchard Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Gillingham (SP8 4BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in April 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. Across 1997–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 49.3% above the 2017 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Orchard Road has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- May 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Erect two storey and single storey extension
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2004/0342
- Mar 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erect two storey rear extension
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2004/0050
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Sales history & valuation
4 Orchard Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 20 years.
£205,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
19 April 2017Most recent
£205,000
+310.0%over 19 years5 June 1997
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 4BQ: £186,000 (2023–2007).
Versus other Orchard Road homes
On epc rating, 4 Orchard Road stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 73 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
King Edmund Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Gillingham Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB








