The Old Dairy, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB
About The Old Dairy
The Old Dairy is a detached house in Hartford End, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1LB). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 102), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (373 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£820/sq ft) was about 207% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £750,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
The Old Dairy sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
6 applications on record at The Old Dairy, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB
2 live now- Aug 2023ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Change of use of remaining sections of historic agricultural range to enlarge existing single dwelling. Remodelling of courtyard range and altering form of roof. Single storey extension within courtyard to create entrance vestibule. Associated alterations and operations. Minor landscaping works.
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00839/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2026Decision
- ExtensionMar 2026Decision
+ 3 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.
£812,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£750,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 September 2021Most recent
£750,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CM3 1LB: £916,000 (2019–2014).
Nearby sales in CM3 1LB
Littley Park, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB
Sold Jun 2019
£1,500,000Littley Park Farm, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB
Sold Mar 2018
£2,550,0001 Littley Park Cottages, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB
Sold Jul 2014
£332,0002 Littley Park Cottages, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB
Sold Apr 2014
£330,000
Versus other Littley Park Lane homes
Price per m² for The Old Dairy runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,824
Street avg £3,022
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 355 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 11.4 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
0.7 km
Brewery — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Ford End Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







