What kind of home is 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES sell for?

4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES last sold for £371,000 in March 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £267,500 in December 2006. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

Across 3 sales between December 2006 and March 2022, 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES rose from £267,500 to £371,000, a change of £103,500. That works out to roughly +2.2% per year compounded over 15 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

The current EPC rating for 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES is C with a score of 74 out of 100, lodged in May 2014. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (1,119 sq ft), around 26 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 27% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CO4 5ES. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES use?

The latest EPC at 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES is in council tax band D.

Which area is 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES in?

4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES sits in Mile End, Colchester, Colchester. It falls within the CO4 postcode district in Essex.

How safe is the area around 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

Police records around 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES show an average of 430 reported crimes per month over the last 13 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 46% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

The closest primary school to 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES is Myland Community Primary School (668m), one of 11 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is The Trinity School (1.8km), with 4 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What transport links are near 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES?

The closest bus stop to 4 Walnut Drive, CO4 5ES is Whitebeam Close, 112m away. The nearest bus option is Colchester North Park-and-Ride, 1.0km away.

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4 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

104 m²

1119 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 74

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About 4 Walnut Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

4 Walnut Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Mile End, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5ES). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² it's 26.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (141 m² median across 12 EPCs). Last sale on file: £371,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms2

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

4 Walnut Drive's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 May 2024

Current Certificate

May 2014

EPC Rating

C74

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

2.8 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 21 May 2024

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 4 Walnut Drive, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5ES, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

4 Walnut Drive has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

13 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£391,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 15 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£371,000

Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 15 years.

Sales timeline

16 March 2022Most recent
£371,000
+33.0%over 6 years
25 June 2015
£279,000
+4.3%over 8 years
8 December 2006
£267,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5ES: £506,500 (2022–2020).

Nearby sales in CO4 5ES

On the street

Versus other Walnut Drive homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

4 Walnut Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,567

Street avg £2,967

Strongly above

Floor Area

104 m²

Street avg 140 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

2.8 t/year

Street avg 3.8 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Crime

430/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Whitebeam Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Myland Community Primary School. 15 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO4 5ES from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

55.2dB

Moderate

Night-time road noise heatmap for CO4 5ES

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

46.0dB

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