278 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8QY
About 278 Mersea Road
278 Mersea Road is a detached house in Colchester (CO2 8QY). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 96% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £400,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
278 Mersea Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 278 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8QY
- Mar 2023ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Part two storey, part single storey rear extension. Two storey side extension (REVISED ELEVATIONAL DRAWING RECEIVED)
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 230041
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2024Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 September 2022Most recent
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 8QY: £324,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CO2 8QY
Versus other Mersea Road homes
On price per m², 278 Mersea Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,651
Street avg £2,916
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
Buckley Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Monkwick Infant and Nursery School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB