Shrublands, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB
About Shrublands
Shrublands is a five-bedroom detached house in Acton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 244 m² (around 2626 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil.
At 244 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £710,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
- LandYes
- Notable viewsYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Shrublands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2023DemolitionFullIn report
Householder Application - Erection of detached ancillary cart lodge, extensions and internal and external alterations to existing dwelling (following demolition of existing extensions) utilising existing vehicular access
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/23/00613
- Nov 2004ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of a rear conservatory.
Extension- Reference
- B/04/01674
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Shrublands
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£779,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£710,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 November 2022Most recent
£710,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 0AB: £850,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in CO10 0AB
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Sold Oct 2023
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Sold Jan 2023
£940,000Wren House, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB
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£950,000The Willows, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB
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£850,000Spinney, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB
Sold Nov 2019
£450,000
Versus other Newmans Green homes
Shrublands outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,910
Street avg £3,397
Floor Area
244 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.8 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Green Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB







