640 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
About 640 Galleywood Road
640 Galleywood Road is a detached house in Chelmsford (CM2 8BY). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Across 2003–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 13% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £456,000 is 81.1% below the 2024 sale of £2,410,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,488/sq ft) was about 791.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 90 m² it's 24.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 26 EPCs). Last sale on file: £2,410,000 in April 2024. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at 640 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
- Sept 2023DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Demolition of the existing buildings and the construction of a specialist 60 bedroom dementia care home (Use Class C2) together with modifications to the site access, associated car and cycle parking, structural landscaping and amenity space provision.
- Documents
- 67 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02264/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 640 Galleywood Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.0% per year over 20 years.
£2,410,000
Growth on file: 13.0% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
7 April 2024Most recent
£2,410,000
+1105.0%over 20 years22 December 2003
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM2 8BY: £560,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CM2 8BY
650 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
Sold Sept 2024
£900,000658 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
Sold May 2024
£635,000642 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
Sold Apr 2024
£560,000634 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
Sold Nov 2022
£387,600672 Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8BY
Sold Jan 2022
£550,000
Versus other Galleywood Road homes
640 Galleywood Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£26,778
Street avg £3,930
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
12/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Russell Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Mildmay Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB







