Bridge House, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
About Bridge House
Bridge House is a detached house in Howe Street, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1BP). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,080,000 is 13.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£501/sq ft) was about 97.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: December 2020 at £950,000.
Energy performance
Bridge House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 applications on record at Bridge House, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
- Sept 2011Tree WorksOutcome in report
Pine (T1 1989/006) - front garden - remove lowest hanging lateral, cutting to branch collar; remove two sub laterals overhanging neighbours shaped conifers, cutting to branch collar
- Reference
- 11/05165/TPO
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMar 2023Decision
- ExtensionNov 2021Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Bridge House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,080,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£950,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 December 2020Most recent
£950,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 1BP: £545,000 (2021–2012).
Nearby sales in CM3 1BP
Glebelands, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
Sold Sept 2021
£835,000Briarswood, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
Sold Mar 2016
£647,500Willow Brook, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
Sold Nov 2013
£545,000Riverview House, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
Sold Feb 2012
£448,000Edelweiss, Lucks Lane, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BP
Sold Jul 2009
£451,000
Versus other Lucks Lane homes
Price per m² for Bridge House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,398
Street avg £3,055
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 207 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 8.1 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
0.2 km
Parsonage Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 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
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB







