12 Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5JH
About 12 Benhall Mill Road
12 Benhall Mill Road is a detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 5JH). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). 10 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Risks
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
12 Benhall Mill Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- May 2018BasementFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Alternations to planning consent 17/01573/FULL: Increase basement size around lightwell; Add 'means of escape' stairs from basement to garden; Add patio doors across rear ground floor elevation; Replace pitch roof of single storey rear extension with flat roof and addition of ground floor rooflight.
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00831/FULL
- Mar 2018BasementAmendmentIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Non Material Amendment in relation to 17/01573/FULL (Widening of two storey rear extension and addition of basement) - Increase basement size around lightwell; Add "means of escape" stairs from basement to garden; Add patio doors across rear elevation ground floor; Increase part of the flat roof over ground floor, replacing one section of pitched roof
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00383/NMAMD
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
12 Benhall Mill Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£744,000
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 TN2 5JH: £489,250 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in TN2 5JH
16 Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5JH
Sold Jan 2025
£489,2503 Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5JH
Sold Oct 2022
£570,00015 Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5JH
Sold Jun 2021
£406,0001 Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5JH
Sold Jun 2021
£595,00018 Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5JH
Sold Apr 2021
£460,000
Everything we know about 12 Benhall Mill Road, 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 Benhall Mill Road homes
EPC Rating for 12 Benhall Mill Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
76 (C)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 116 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cemetery — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Claremont Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB