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Garden Cottage, Coopers Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NG

3 planning records

Estimated value

£543,000

  • Since the 2021 sale (£475,000)+14%
  • Against CM3 1NG's recent median (£322,000)+69%

Newest record on this page: December 2024. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
126 m²
1356 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 48
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£543,000

  • Against its 2021 sale (£475,000)+14%
  • Against CM3 1NG's recent median (£322,000)+69%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Garden Cottage is modelled from its 126 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CM3 1NG. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    126 m² from the EPC lodged in April 2021

  • Sales of this home

    2 sales recorded, the latest in 2021

  • Recent sales in CM3 1NG

    5 sales, median £322,000 (2024–2007)

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SalesLatest sale shown: December 2024Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
Planning1 of 3 applicationsFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on Garden Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 June 2021Most recent

    £475,000

    +331.8%over 24 years

  2. 2 April 1997

    £110,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 1NG: £322,000 (2024–2007).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Garden Cottage, Coopers Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NG. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Larger development activity nearbyIn report
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Garden Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Garden Cottage is a detached house in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1NG). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £543,000 is 14.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£350/sq ft) was about 91.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold June 2021 for £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

Current Certificate
Apr 2021

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E48
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 2 April 2031

4 years remaining
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Garden Cottage, Coopers Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

3 applications on record at Garden Cottage, Coopers Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NG

0decisions22documents1nearby
  1. Aug 2002
    Tree WorksTrees
    Outcome in report

    Fell Horse Chestnut - T3 (TPO 2000/36)

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    02/05099/TPO
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. ConditionsDecision
  4. New BuildDecision

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On the street

Versus other Coopers Lane homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for Garden Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

EPC Rating

48 (E)

Street avg 59 (D)

Below

Floor Area

126 m²

Street avg 89 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

7.7 t/year

Street avg 3.7 t/year

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chelmsford district page.
Full Chelmsford report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

233/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

St Annes Castle — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Great Leighs Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Great Leighs Primary SchoolPrimary163m

Nearest stops

  • St Annes CastleBus stop246m
  • Aragon RoadBus stop262m
  • Main RoadBus stop371m
  • Rochester FarmBus stop387m

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences1,203 reports43%
  • Anti-social Behaviour256 reports9%
  • Criminal Damage & Arson214 reports8%
  • Vehicle Crime204 reports7%

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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CM3 1NG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CM3 1NG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CM3 1NG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraDetached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gas

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Garden Cottage is modelled from its 126 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in CM3 1NG. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for Garden Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Garden Cottage was lodged in April 2021 at band E and is valid until April 2031. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 3 applications are matched to Garden Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 12 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 1 school and 15 stops listed are measured in a straight line from CM3 1NG, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band
Garden Cottage is in council tax band E. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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