5 Bears Lane, Lavenham, Sudbury, CO10 9RS
About 5 Bears Lane
5 Bears Lane is a detached house in Lavenham, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 9RS). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2022 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
Planning history
5 Bears Lane has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Mar 2026HeritageIn report
Application for Listed Building Consent - Creation of off street car parking space and erection of new boundary screen walls
- Agent
- whymark moulton ltd
Listed- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/26/01138
- Mar 2026RenovationFullIn report
Householder Application - Creation of off street car parking space and erection of new boundary screen walls
- Agent
- whymark moulton ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/26/01137
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Bears Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£300,000
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.
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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
0.1 km
The Swan — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lavenham Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB







