The Church, Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
About The Church
The Church is a detached house in Steeple, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LE). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £523,000 is 15.6% below the 2024 sale of £620,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 100.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 11 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Last sale on file: £620,000 in March 2024.
Energy performance
The Church sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 September 2031
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Planning history
2 applications on record at The Church, Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
- Oct 2018New BuildFullOutcome in report
Erection of one 4-bedroom house, one 3-bedroom house and two 2-bedroom houses with associated landscaping and ten off-street parking spaces
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00930/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- New BuildJan 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The Church valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£523,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£620,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 March 2024Most recent
£620,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7LE: £700,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in CM0 7LE
High Steppers, Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
Sold Mar 2025
£850,000Mount Echo, Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
Sold Sept 2024
£827,5006 Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
Sold Nov 2017
£325,000Springfield Lodge, Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
Sold Aug 2017
£700,00010 Batts Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LE
Sold Feb 2017
£295,000
Versus other Batts Road homes
The Church outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,875
Street avg £2,521
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.4 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
68/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
The Star — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







