Old Oaks, Lavenham Road, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0BH
About Old Oaks
Old Oaks is a detached house in Acton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0BH). It has a recorded floor area of 312 m² (around 3358 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.
Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £837,000 is 40.5% below the 2022 sale of £1,406,300, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £1,406,300. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Old Oaks's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Oaks has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Sept 2019New BuildOutlineIn report
Outline Planning Application (Access included with all other matters reserved) - Erection of 1 No dwelling and garage.
- Agent
- Nick Peasland Architectural Services Limited
- Documents
- 48 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/19/03488
- Sept 2010ExtensionFullIn report
Erection of single-storey garage and garden store, incorporating glazed link to existing dwelling (detached garage previously approved under P.P. B/10/00405/FHA).
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- B/10/00930
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Sales history & valuation
Old Oaks has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£837,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 24 years.
£1,406,300
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
1 December 2022Most recent
£1,406,300
+525.0%over 24 years11 August 1998
£225,000
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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
0.9 km
Industrial Estate — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 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
42.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







