Blue Cedars, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
About Blue Cedars
Blue Cedars is a two-bedroom detached house in Playing Place, Truro, Truro (TR3 6EP). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 15.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 21 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 is 48.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 24.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in November 2016.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2017OutlineIn report
Lawful development certificate for proposed rear dormer window to existing bungalow in place of roof light
- Agent
- NGF Architects
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/01089
- Feb 2017Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey extension to rear of property, extension to front of property for attached garage and loft conversion with dormer window
- Agent
- NGF Architects
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- PA16/12150
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Blue Cedars valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£335,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£225,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 November 2016Most recent
£225,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR3 6EP: £299,950 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in TR3 6EP
Pinelands, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Oct 2024
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Sold Feb 2024
£395,00012 Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold May 2021
£159,0002 Killiow Court, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Mar 2021
£215,0002 Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Sept 2019
£235,000
Versus other Holywell Road homes
On habitable rooms, Blue Cedars runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,711
Street avg £2,887
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Kea Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB







