5 Barfoot Drive, Colchester, CO4 9AW
About 5 Barfoot Drive
5 Barfoot Drive is a detached house in Colchester (CO4 9AW). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2021) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94).
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 is 13.9% above the 2021 sale price. Sold February 2021 for £489,995. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Barfoot Drive has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Oct 2025ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior Approval Application under Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a larger single storey rear extension 6.82m deep from rear wall of original dwellinghouse, 2.28m to eaves, 3.65m maximum height.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01594/HHPNOT
- Aug 2024ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior Approval Application under Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for single storey rear extension 5.34m deep from rear wall of original dwellinghouse, 2.27m to eaves, 3.53m maximum height.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01061/HHPNOT
What's in 5 Barfoot Drive, Colchester, CO4 9AW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£558,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£489,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 February 2021Most recent
£489,995
Median price across the last 2 sales in CO4 9AW: £499,995 (2021–2021).
Everything we know about 5 Barfoot Drive, in one report
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Avellana Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.5dB