Oast Cottage, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DG
About Oast Cottage
Oast Cottage is a detached house in Ightham, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 9DG). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 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. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Oast Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2012Tree WorksTreesIn report
G1: group of cypress - reduce to approx. 3m in height
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/02784/TNCA
What's in Oast Cottage, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Oast Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,023,000
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 TN15 9DG: £835,000 (2024–2000).
Nearby sales in TN15 9DG
3 Manor Farm Cottages, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DG
Sold Aug 2024
£275,000Glebe Cottage, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DG
Sold Mar 2016
£835,000Oldbury Hatch, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DG
Sold Jul 2007
£1,900,000The Coach House, Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DG
Sold Mar 1997
£250,000
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Versus other Oldbury Lane homes
On epc rating, Oast Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
10 (G)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 95 m²
CO₂ Emissions
33.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Spring Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ightham Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB