Acton Place Lodge, Melford Road, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0BB
About Acton Place Lodge
Acton Place Lodge is a five-bedroom detached house in Acton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2025. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in September 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £629,000 is 31% above the 2015 sale price. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
Acton Place Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Acton Place Lodge sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Feb 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Application for works to trees in a Conservation Area- Reduce Chestnut has large section of included bark between twin stem, pollard to the same height as neighbouring diseased Chedtnut. If not a pollard a heavy reduction of at least 3.5 meters to relieve stress on the compression point
- Agent
- treetop services
Conservation Area- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/25/00409
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Sales history & valuation
Acton Place Lodge has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£629,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.7% per year over 16 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 13.7% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
20 September 2015Most recent
£480,000
+700.0%over 15 years3 February 2000
£60,000
14 July 1999
£60,000
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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
0.3 km
Industrial Estate — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







