9 Porters Close, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TY
About 9 Porters Close
9 Porters Close is an end-of-terrace house in Fordham Heath, Colchester, Colchester (CO3 9TY). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
9 Porters Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jan 2025
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
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Planning history
9 Porters Close has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
9 Porters Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£242,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO3 9TY: £298,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CO3 9TY
33 Porters Close, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TY
Sold Jul 2025
£258,00026 Porters Close, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TY
Sold Jun 2023
£310,00038 Porters Close, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TY
Sold Apr 2023
£298,0002 Porters Close, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TY
Sold Jan 2023
£355,50029 Porters Close, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9TY
Sold Sept 2022
£265,500
Versus other Porters Close homes
EPC Rating for 9 Porters Close lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 71 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 2.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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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
Fiddlers Folly — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB







