48 High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DT
About 48 High Road
48 High Road is a detached house in Layer-De-La-Haye, Colchester, Colchester (CO2 0DT). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1751 sq ft) and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2010) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £513,000 sits 381.7% above the 2000 sale of £106,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 74.2% below the postcode norm. At 163 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
48 High Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
48 High Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
48 High Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£513,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£106,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 January 2000Most recent
£106,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 0DT: £575,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in CO2 0DT
77 High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DT
Sold Jan 2025
£475,00069 High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DT
Sold Jun 2022
£575,00084a, High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DT
Sold Dec 2020
£922,50086 High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DT
Sold Nov 2018
£700,00066 High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DT
Sold Aug 2018
£395,000
Versus other High Road homes
Price per m² for 48 High Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£655
Street avg £3,467
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 146 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Years Held
26 years
Street avg 9 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
New Cut — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area 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
37.6dB







