The Vale, Wet Lane, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5TN
About The Vale
The Vale is a detached house in Boxted, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5TN). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2519 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2024. The latest certificate (November 2024) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Vale ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2025ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 12 (232022)
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 251241
- May 2024ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge conditions 6, 7, 9 and 10 to application 212650.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 240461
We flagged 2 things worth checking at The Vale
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Vale has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£949,000
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 4 sales in CO4 5TN: £225,000 (2011–2002).
Everything we know about The Vale, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Wet Lane homes
EPC Rating for The Vale runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
81 (B)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
234 m²
Street avg 77 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.8 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
1.0 km
Line Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB