Lilac Cottage, Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL
About Lilac Cottage
Lilac Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in West Stour, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5RL). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Lilac Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lilac Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2016Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Eucalyptus - A high pollard at about 4m, where it has been pruned before as its growth needs containing again.
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2016/1095/CATREE
- Aug 2002ConservatoryFullIn report
Erect conservatory
- Council
- North Dorset
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2002/0548
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Lilac Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Lilac Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£418,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 5RL: £399,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SP8 5RL
2 Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL
Sold Oct 2025
£467,500Kingsley, Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL
Sold Dec 2023
£399,000Trims Cottage, Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL
Sold Sept 2023
£250,000Trundle, Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL
Sold Aug 2023
£500,000Castleford, Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL
Sold Oct 2022
£375,000
Everything we know about Lilac Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Church Street homes
On epc rating, Lilac Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
14 (G)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 151 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 8.6 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
0.2 km
The Ship Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Stower Provost Community School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB