Gorrells Farm, Ingatestone Road, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QS
About Gorrells Farm
Gorrells Farm is a detached house in Highwood, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 3QS). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood chips.
8 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 applications on record at Gorrells Farm, Ingatestone Road, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QS
- May 2004ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Proposed garden room extension, outbuilding conversion to additional living accommodation.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00471/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsNov 2013Decision
- ConditionsNov 2013Decision
+ 5 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Gorrells Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£904,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 3 sales in CM1 3QS: £189,995 (2002–1998).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Wards Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Highwood Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

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