16 Alanbrooke Road, Colchester, CO2 8EG
About 16 Alanbrooke Road
16 Alanbrooke Road is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO2 8EG). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump.
At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 is 11.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£784/sq ft) was about 176.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £270,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
16 Alanbrooke Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
16 Alanbrooke Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£302,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.3% per year over 15 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 3.3% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£270,000
+61.7%over 14 years13 September 2006
£167,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 8EG: £290,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in CO2 8EG
Versus other Alanbrooke Road homes
On price per m², 16 Alanbrooke Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£8,438
Street avg £3,282
Floor Area
32 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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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
Speedwell Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Old Heath Community Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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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
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







