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Get started12 Short Wyre Street is a mid-terrace house in Colchester (CO1 1LN). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (38 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 52.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Sold February 2020 for £390,000.
12 Short Wyre Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Application to discharge condition 3 of planning permission 202547
Latest sale on 12 Short Wyre Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£390,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
25 February 2020Most recent
£390,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO1 1LN: £250,000 (2024–2014).
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Price per m² for 12 Short Wyre Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,806
Street avg £4,945
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 39 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Osborne Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB

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Change of use of the first and second floor from ancillary A4 residential to an independent four room C1 hotel use. No external changes beyond modest cosmetic alterations are proposed.
2 more applications for this property
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Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 1.3 t/year
Closest school
0.3 km
St John's Green Primary School. 37 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB