5 Park Road, Colchester, CO3 3UL
About 5 Park Road
5 Park Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO3 3UL). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since November 2013. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (164 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £850,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 50.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
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Energy performance
5 Park Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 5 Park Road, Colchester, CO3 3UL
- Aug 2008RenovationFullOutcome in report
Removal of flat roof over kitchen, addition to kitchen and new pitchedroof. Associated internal alterations.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 081289
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJan 2025Decision
- OutlineJan 2025Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£903,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 16 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2022Most recent
£850,000
+18.9%over 6 years19 July 2015
£715,000
+3.6%25 June 2015
£689,995
+17.9%over 9 years2 March 2006
£585,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 3UL: £560,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in CO3 3UL
Versus other Park Road homes
5 Park Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,953
Street avg £3,528
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 174 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Park Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Benedict's Catholic College. 32 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB






