Orchard End, High Street, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AJ
About Orchard End
Orchard End is a detached house in Acton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil.
At 125 m² it's 19.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (156 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused.
Energy performance
Orchard End's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at Orchard End was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Apr 2025New BuildFullIn report
Full Planning Application - Severance of plot and erection of 1no one and a half storey self/custom build dwelling. (Amended submission following withdrawn DC/24/02452) ( self-build ).
- Agent
- Simon Burke Design
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/24/05476
- Aug 2024New BuildFullIn report
Planning Application. Severance of plot and erection of 1no one and a half storey dwelling.
- Agent
- Simon Burke Design
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/24/02452
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Orchard End has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£512,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 0AJ: £525,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CO10 0AJ
Laburnham Cottage, High Street, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AJ
Sold May 2024
£565,000Bramleys, High Street, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AJ
Sold Oct 2023
£345,000Cedar Oak, High Street, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AJ
Sold Apr 2023
£618,000The Pool Cottage, High Street, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AJ
Sold Apr 2021
£499,995Pooles Meadow, High Street, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AJ
Sold Dec 2020
£631,000
Versus other High Street homes
On epc rating, Orchard End runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 156 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.2 km
Queensway — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 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
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB







