16 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
About 16 Alderbury Lea
16 Alderbury Lea is a detached house in Bicknacre, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 4XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in September 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 sits 404.2% above the 1996 sale of £59,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 58.3% below the postcode norm. At 58 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 13 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.
Energy performance
16 Alderbury Lea's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 16 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
- Dec 2010Tree WorksOtherOutcome in report
Oak x 12 (G1 2007/105) - rear gardens of 10 - 18 & 22 - 24 Alderbury Lea - crown reduce by 1.5 - 2m, cutting to suitable growing points (suitable growing points are side branches that are at least one third the diameter of the originating branch)
- Reference
- 10/05228/TPO
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Sales history & valuation
16 Alderbury Lea's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£59,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 September 1996Most recent
£59,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 4XQ: £345,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CM3 4XQ
32 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
Sold Oct 2025
£345,00010 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
Sold Dec 2024
£355,00026 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
Sold Oct 2020
£355,00020 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
Sold Jan 2020
£268,0003 Alderbury Lea, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4XQ
Sold Dec 2018
£325,000
Versus other Alderbury Lea homes
Years Held for 16 Alderbury Lea runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,026
Street avg £3,609
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
Brewers Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB







