2 Orchard Cottages, Mitchell, Newquay, TR8 5AX
About 2 Orchard Cottages
2 Orchard Cottages is a semi-detached house in Mitchell, Newquay, Newquay (TR8 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since June 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £284,000 sits 323.9% above the 1997 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 62.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 2 Orchard Cottages is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Nov 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to Trees within a Conservation Area (TCA) - G1 - To crown reduce Alders by 3-4m and crown lift to 4m. T1 - To crown lift Ash roadside to 5.2m and remove major deadwood.
- Agent
- GREENS (Cornwall) Limited
Conservation Area- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PA24/07743
- Sept 2016Tree WorksTreesIn report
Removal of mature Ash tree
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- PA16/07230
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Sales history & valuation
2 Orchard Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£284,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£67,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 June 1997Most recent
£67,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR8 5AX: £452,200 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in TR8 5AX
1 Chapel Terrace, Mitchell, Newquay, TR8 5AX
Sold Jan 2025
£255,000Chyvarloe, Mitchell, Newquay, TR8 5AX
Sold Sept 2024
£490,000Wellesley House, Mitchell, Newquay, TR8 5AX
Sold Aug 2023
£370,000Mitchell Farm, Mitchell, Newquay, TR8 5AX
Sold Mar 2022
£650,000Weavers Barn, Mitchell, Newquay, TR8 5AX
Sold Aug 2021
£452,200
Versus the street
2 Orchard Cottages is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£817
Street avg £3,381
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Pillars Close — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.7dB







