317 Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0HN
About 317 Ipswich Road
317 Ipswich Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO4 0HN). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 108 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 18 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 15.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 89.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
317 Ipswich Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 317 Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 0HN
- Oct 2023ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 231849
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£521,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 19 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
27 May 2021Most recent
£450,000
+119.5%over 18 years12 November 2002
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 0HN: £309,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CO4 0HN
Versus other Ipswich Road homes
317 Ipswich Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £3,041
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 5.5 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
Myland Hall Chase — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Friars Grove Primary School. 25 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB







