1 Cappers Cottage, Knowl Green, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BZ
About 1 Cappers Cottage
1 Cappers Cottage is a semi-detached house in Belchamp St. Paul, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 7BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (May 2016); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
1 Cappers Cottage has an approved front extension on the planning record.
- May 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Demolition of existing single storey front extension and erection of single storey front/side extension
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00413/FUL
What's in 1 Cappers Cottage, Knowl Green, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BZ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Cappers Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£306,000
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 3 sales in CO10 7BZ: £400,000 (2021–1998).
Versus other Knowl Green homes
1 Cappers Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 150 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 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
1.4 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School. 1 school 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
35.7dB







