316 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8QY
About 316 Mersea Road
316 Mersea Road is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO2 8QY). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
It changed hands recently, sold November 2025 for £210,000. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 is 15.7% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 32.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Certificate validity
Valid until 12 August 2035
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Planning history
316 Mersea Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 316 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8QY
- Jul 2002PorchFullOutcome in report
Porch extension.
Extension- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/02/1019
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Sales history & valuation
£243,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£210,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 November 2025Most recent
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO2 8QY: £400,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CO2 8QY
Versus other Mersea Road homes
Years Held for 316 Mersea Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,182
Street avg £2,997
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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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
311/mo
Steady 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