Property data
Sale history
Price Date Annual growth After inflation
£1,975,000 Mar 2024 5.1% 2.4%
£720,000 Nov 2003 13.4% 11.6%
£310,000 Feb 1997 17.1% 14.7%
£245,000 Sep 1995 na na
Internal area
275 square metres (2,960 square feet) according to latest EPC inspection
£ per square meter (foot)
£7,181 per sqm (£667 per sqft) in Mar 2024. For context, homes in Hitchin are now selling for between £4,630 and £6,540 per square metre (£430 and £607 per square foot) . See the analysis of Hitchin SG4-9 housing market.
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Bedrooms
5
Type
Detached
Council tax band
G
Plot size
665 square metres (7,158 square feet) - map showing freehold boundary lines
Planning applications
Planning ref:
October 2024 24/01745/LDCP
Type:
Outline application - proposal prior to a full application, including assessments and scoping opinions.
Status:
Status not known
Address:
5 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Description:
Refurbishment of window frames including upgrade to double glazing

Planning ref:
October 2024 24/01081/TCA
Type:
Tree and hedge works
Status:
Status not known
Address:
5 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Description:
Clean out deadwood to two groups of trees and 1 no. Common Ash, crown lift to 1 no. Field Maple and 1 no. Holm Oak, pollarding to 1 no. White Poplar, crown reduction to 1 no. Silver Birch and 1 no. Wild Cherry and sever ivy from base of five other trees (Unprotected trees in a conservation area)

Planning ref:
September 2022 22/02249/TCA
Type:
Tree and hedge works
Status:
Status not known
Address:
5 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Description:
Cherry - Rebalance of canopy and reduction in height by 25%

Planning ref:
June 2020 20/00859/FPH
Type:
Full and householder planning application
Status:
Application approved with conditions
Address:
5 Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Description:
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear element

Planning ref:
December 2014 14/02835/1TPO
Type:
Tree and hedge works
Status:
Application approved with conditions
Address:
5 Highbury Road And 43 The Avenue Hitchi
Description:
43 The Avenue - T3: Lower limbs and tip prune to create 1.5m clearance of 1 Beech tree (TPO 167)5 Highbury Road - T1: Reduce crown by 30% of 1 Black Cherry Plum tree; T2: Reduce height by 2.5m and shorten protruding limbs of 1 Gingko tree (Conservation Area)
EPC Inspections
Summary:
19 September 2019 - energy performance certificate grade E
Reason for EPC:
marketed sale
Tenure:
Owner-occupied
Property type:
Detached House , has 10 habitable rooms. Estimated year built before 1900
Area:
275 sqm (2,960 square foot) total internal area
Comments:
Walls: Solid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed). Roof: Pitched, 100 mm loft insulation. Heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas.