5 Chestnut Mews, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SA
About 5 Chestnut Mews
5 Chestnut Mews is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cawood, Selby, Selby (YO8 3SA). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 33.9% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 5 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemoil
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Apr 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jul 2015DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of two storey extension on the same footprint, at the rear of the property
Extension- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 2015/0471/HPA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Chestnut Mews has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£221,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 19 years.
£165,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
18 August 2016Most recent
£165,000
+12.2%over 9 years23 February 2007
£147,000
+18.6%over 2 years10 May 2004
£123,995
+37.8%over 1 year20 December 2002
£89,995
+52.5%over 3 years3 December 1999
£59,000
+11.3%over 2 years28 August 1997
£53,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO8 3SA: £190,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in YO8 3SA
2 Chestnut Mews, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SA
Sold Jul 2024
£190,0006 Chestnut Mews, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SA
Sold Jul 2019
£285,0001 Chestnut Mews, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SA
Sold May 2019
£179,9954 Chestnut Mews, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SA
Sold Jun 2015
£146,0003 Chestnut Mews, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SA
Sold Dec 2013
£120,000
Everything we know about 5 Chestnut Mews, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chestnut Mews homes
5 Chestnut Mews outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,056
Street avg £2,601
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
0.2 km
Castle — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB