Yew Tree Cottage, Rye Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5JN
About Yew Tree Cottage
Yew Tree Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5JN). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Yew Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Yew Tree Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Dec 2023FullIn report
Demolition of existing garage and construction of new garage (retrospective)
- Agent
- Sanaa Designs
Retrospective- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02981/FULL
- Mar 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: ASH - Cut back to ground level; LIME - Larger specimen adjacent to driveway to be crown reduced by 20%, cleared of dead wood and pruned to clear overhead lines
Conservation Area- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00408/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Yew Tree Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£424,000
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 TN18 5JN: £182,750 (2022–2001).
Nearby sales in TN18 5JN
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Sold Dec 2020
£271,5003 Oak Cottages, Rye Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5JN
Sold Jul 2001
£87,0002 Oak Cottages, Rye Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5JN
Sold Dec 1995
£51,500
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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
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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
0.5 km
The Swan — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Sandhurst Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB