1 Council Houses, Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR
About 1 Council Houses
1 Council Houses is a semi-detached house in Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 8RR). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
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 (£452/sq ft) was about 146.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £365,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
1 Council Houses sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Council Houses has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£365,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 December 2022Most recent
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 8RR: £334,000 (2020–2010).
Nearby sales in CM3 8RR
Wantz House, Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR
Sold Feb 2020
£334,000Wantz Cottage, Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR
Sold Mar 2017
£455,000Longfields, Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR
Sold Oct 2015
£640,00011 Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR
Sold Jun 2014
£279,9958 Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR
Sold Nov 2010
£215,000
Versus other Crows Lane homes
1 Council Houses outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,867
Street avg £2,035
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
Lodge Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB