Worsenden Lodge, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8EJ
About Worsenden Lodge
Worsenden Lodge is a detached house in Biddenden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, tree works and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Glazing upgraded to newer, more efficient type
Wall insulation upgraded
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Worsenden Lodge has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jan 2025ExtensionConditionsIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) of planning permission PA/2024/0101 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 22/00155/AS for proposed front porch extension, two-storey rear extension with dormer, first-floor rear extension and changes to the fenestrations to allow for a first storey extension at the rear north-west corner
- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- PA/2024/2223
- Jul 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Ash - Crown reduce by 3m as shown in the annotated photograph within the public files. The lower limbs extending to the right in the photograph require a 4m reduction to balance the crown. Leave a rounded natural crown profile and ensure that reduction cuts are made at points where a branch of at least one-third of the parent limb is found as per BS3998:2010. (Superseded spec. Ash tree - Removal of dead limbs and pruning to natural target growth points. Reduction of 8 metres leaving the tree at an approx height of 8 metres with a 5 metre max spread.)
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- OTH/2024/0951
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Sales history & valuation
Worsenden Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£342,000
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 TN27 8EJ: £200,000 (2018–1995).
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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
1.1 km
The Weavers — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
John Mayne Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB







