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Combe Down House, Combe Florey, Taunton, TA4 3JD

5 planning records

Estimated value

£1,096,000

  • Since the 2003 sale (£590,000)+86%
  • Against TA4 3JD's recent median (£635,000)+73%

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

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Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
9
From EPC
Floor area
307 m²
3305 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 50
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£1,096,000

  • Against its 2003 sale (£590,000)+86%
  • Against TA4 3JD's recent median (£635,000)+73%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Combe Down House is modelled from its 307 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in TA4 3JD. 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

    307 m² from the EPC lodged in February 2025

  • Sales of this home

    2 sales recorded, the latest in 2003

  • Recent sales in TA4 3JD

    5 sales, median £635,000 (2024–2021)

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SalesLatest sale shown: August 2024Latest 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.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.

Sales timeline

  1. 30 September 2003Most recent

    £590,000

    +114.5%over 7 years

  2. 14 August 1996

    £275,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TA4 3JD: £635,000 (2024–2021).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

Nothing is flagged from the data on this page, but these checks are only run in the report. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks 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 Combe Down House

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

Combe Down House is a detached house in Combe Florey, Taunton, Taunton (TA4 3JD). It has a recorded floor area of 307 m² (around 3305 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since September 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 307 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,096,000 sits 85.8% above the 2003 sale of £590,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 38.9% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.

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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.

Combe Down House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

Current Certificate
Feb 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
14.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 25 February 2035

8 years remaining
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Combe Down House, Combe Florey, Taunton, TA4 3JD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Combe Down House sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.

5 applications on record at Combe Down House, Combe Florey, Taunton, TA4 3JD

0decisions39documents1nearby
Flagged:RetrospectiveConservation area
  1. Aug 2011
    Tree WorksTrees
    Outcome in report

    NOTIFICATION TO FELL ONE WILLOW TREE WITHIN COMBE FLOREY CONSERVATION AREA AT COMBE DOWN HOUSE, COMBE FLOREY

    Conservation Area
    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    11/11/0010/T
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. AmendmentDecision
  4. Tree WorksDecision

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On the street

Versus the street

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², Combe Down House runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,922

Street avg £3,584

Strongly below

Floor Area

307 m²

Street avg 134 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

14.0 t/year

Street avg 2.3 t/year

Strongly below

Years Held

23 years

Street avg 8 years

Strongly above
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.
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Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

81/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.3 km

Combe Florey Turn — bus stop.

Closest school

2.4 km

Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.4km
  • Bishops Lydeard Church SchoolPrimary2.4km

Nearest stops

  • Combe Florey TurnBus stop291m
  • EastcombeBus stop870m
  • West Bagborough TurnBus stop1.5km
  • The ChurchBus stop1.8km

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences545 reports48%
  • Anti-social Behaviour144 reports13%
  • Criminal Damage & Arson118 reports10%
  • Public Order116 reports10%

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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TA4 3JD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.3dB

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

Victorian-eraDetached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildDetached over 300m²Extended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gas

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Combe Down House is modelled from its 307 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in TA4 3JD. 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 Combe Down House. 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 Combe Down House was lodged in February 2025 at band E and is valid until February 2035. 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 Combe Down House. 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 14 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 2 schools and 25 stops listed are measured in a straight line from TA4 3JD, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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