17 Bensted, Ashford, TN23 5YQ
About 17 Bensted
17 Bensted is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Ashford (TN23 5YQ). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 41.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £375,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
- Summer houseYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
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Planning history
17 Bensted has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 17 Bensted, Ashford, TN23 5YQ
- Oct 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Side and front extension
- Reference
- 02/01369/AS
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Bensted was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£380,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 25 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2022Most recent
£375,000
+581.8%over 24 years31 October 1997
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN23 5YQ: £255,000 (2023–2020).
Versus other Bensted homes
17 Bensted outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,205
Street avg £2,780
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Bensted — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The John Wallis Church of England Academy. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB