20 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
About 20 Dale Close
20 Dale Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Stanway, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 0FG). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 71 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 65 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£563/sq ft) was about 182.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £430,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Oct 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
20 Dale Close has an approved side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 20 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
- Aug 2016ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Two storey side extension & first floor side extension.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 161805
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 20 Dale Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£453,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 26 years.
£430,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
11 March 2022Most recent
£430,000
+13.2%over 3 years2 November 2018
£380,000
+119.7%over 5 years14 July 2013
£173,000
+154.4%over 17 years17 November 1995
£68,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 0FG: £241,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CO3 0FG
142 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
Sold Jul 2025
£241,000158 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
Sold Jul 2025
£247,5002 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
Sold Aug 2024
£420,00082 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
Sold Apr 2024
£142,00096 Dale Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0FG
Sold Sept 2023
£141,000
Versus other Dale Close homes
20 Dale Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,056
Street avg £3,113
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Warren Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Stanway Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.2dB







