Park Entrance, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
About Park Entrance
Park Entrance is a semi-detached house in Howe Street, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £480,000 is 10.1% above the 2020 sale price. Most recent transfer: February 2020 at £436,000.
Energy performance
Park Entrance's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Park Entrance has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
2 applications on record at Park Entrance, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
- Sept 2005ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Renewal of permission reference 00/00551/FUL - Side extension and pitched roof to replace existing flat roof.
- Reference
- 05/01552/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Park Entrance has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£480,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 24 years.
£436,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
20 February 2020Most recent
£436,000
+74.4%over 14 years22 September 2005
£249,999
+233.3%over 9 years13 June 1996
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 1BA: £715,000 (2025–2010).
Nearby sales in CM3 1BA
Straights, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
Sold Nov 2025
£905,000Keepers Lodge, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
Sold Aug 2013
£530,000Little Gables, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
Sold Apr 2012
£490,000Barnfield House, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
Sold Apr 2010
£715,000Lamesley House, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA
Sold Nov 2007
£305,500
Versus other Main Road homes
Park Entrance outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,404
Street avg £5,068
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 8.7 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Parsonage Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB







