21 Chessenden Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NF
About 21 Chessenden Lane
21 Chessenden Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Smarden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8NF). It has a recorded floor area of 347 m² (around 3735 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 347 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 17 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms5
Outside
- Private gardenWrap around
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
21 Chessenden Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
21 Chessenden Lane has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Replacement of existing link extension to rear of dwelling to existing barn.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01605/AS
- Dec 2005Change Of UseFullIn report
Change use of barn for teaching facilities for golfers with chipping and putting green.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/01720/AS
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Sales history & valuation
21 Chessenden Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£926,000
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 2 sales in TN27 8NF: £165,875 (2019–1997).
Versus other Chessenden Lane homes
21 Chessenden Lane is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
347 m²
Street avg 57 m²
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 3 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Glebe Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Smarden Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB