Rye Cottage, Broads Green, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DT
About Rye Cottage
Rye Cottage is a detached house in Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £771,000 sits 54.2% above the 2022 sale of £500,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £500,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Rye Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
5 applications on record at Rye Cottage, Broads Green, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DT
3 live now- Nov 2024DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Demolition of existing dwelling. Proposed erection of 2 new residential dwellings, associated landscaping and parking
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01361/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsJan 2026Decision
- New BuildJun 2025Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£771,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 May 2022Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CM3 1DT: £347,475 (2022–2002).
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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
0.9 km
The Windmill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







