8 Bluegates Place, Colchester, CO4 5XY
About 8 Bluegates Place
8 Bluegates Place is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO4 5XY). It has a recorded floor area of 247 m² (around 2659 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 247 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £737,000 is 26% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£220/sq ft) was about 28.6% below the postcode norm. On the market in January 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
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Energy performance
Achieving this rating across a home of this size is uncommon — larger homes typically score lower.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Sept 2025
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 22 September 2025
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Planning history
8 Bluegates Place has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 8 Bluegates Place, Colchester, CO4 5XY
- Aug 2021ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear single storey extension.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 211992
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Sales history & valuation
8 Bluegates Place changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£737,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.9% per year over 1 year.
£585,000
Growth on file: 14.9% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
12 January 2017Most recent
£585,000
+18.2%over 1 year30 October 2015
£495,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5XY: £460,000 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in CO4 5XY
Versus other Bluegates Place homes
Price per m² for 8 Bluegates Place lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,368
Street avg £3,394
Floor Area
247 m²
Street avg 153 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
Years Held
10 years
Street avg 9 years
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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
430/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Link Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Myland Community Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB






