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Shrublands, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB

Notable viewsExtendable2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
244 m²
2626 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 58
Council tax
Band G
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Shrublands

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

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.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
  • Bathrooms2

Outside

  • GarageDouble, Detached
  • LandYes
  • Notable viewsYes
  • Cul-de-sacYes

Building

  • Previously extendedYes
  • Extension potentialPossible
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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.

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

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D58
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Shrublands, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.

  1. Apr 2023
    DemolitionFull
    In 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
    View planning record
  2. Nov 2004
    ConservatoryFull
    In report

    Extension: Rear of property

    Erection of a rear conservatory.

    Extension
    Reference
    B/04/01674
    View planning record
Before you offer

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.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£779,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£710,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 25 November 2022Most recent

    £710,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 0AB: £850,000 (2023–2019).

On the street

Versus other Newmans Green homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Shrublands outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,910

Street avg £3,397

On par

Floor Area

244 m²

Street avg 140 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

11.0 t/year

Street avg 7.8 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Shrublands

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

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
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO10 0AB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO10 0AB

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO10 0AB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Shrublands, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.