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Garden Cottage, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AF

3 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
104 m²
1119 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 57
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Garden Cottage

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

Garden Cottage is a semi-detached house in Halse, Taunton, Taunton (TA4 3AF). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity.

3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 91.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 11 EPCs). Sold January 2021 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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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.

Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D57
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Late 20th centurySemi-Detached HouseEPC DNo mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Garden Cottage, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Garden Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.

3 applications on record at Garden Cottage, Halse, Taunton, TA4 3AF

0decisions11documents1nearby
Flagged:Conservation area
  1. Dec 2015
    Tree WorksTrees
    Outcome in report

    Notification to fell one Lime tree and to reduce one Beech tree by 50% within Halse Conservation Area at Garden Cottage, Halse.

    Documents
    3 docs on file
    Reference
    18/15/0018/T
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. TreesDecision
  4. Tree WorksDecision

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£329,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£320,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 28 January 2021Most recent

    £320,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TA4 3AF: £387,000 (2024–2017).

On the street

Versus the street

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Garden Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,077

Street avg £2,181

Strongly above

Floor Area

104 m²

Street avg 133 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

7.1 t/year

Street avg 9.0 t/year

On par
Before you decide

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The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

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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
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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£348k

1 Glanfield Close, Bishops Lydeard

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£366k

1 Bakers Cottages, Halse

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1 Cridlands, Lydeard St Lawrence

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£373k

1 Clarke Close, Bishops Lydeard

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£384k

1 Dobles Cottages, Tolland, Lydeard St Lawrence

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£389k

1 Church Road, Fitzhead

TA4 3JU

4 bed
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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

0.0 km

The New Inn — bus stop.

Closest school

2.8 km

Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC Primary. 2 schools nearby.

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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 TA4 3AF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for TA4 3AF

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TA4 3AF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.8dB

Low
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60 dB
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70 dB
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

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