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19 Lilian Impey Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GP

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
100 m²
1072 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 66
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 19 Lilian Impey Drive

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

19 Lilian Impey Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9GP). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1072 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 sits 63.2% above the 2010 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 79.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

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
Energy

Energy performance

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

19 Lilian Impey 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Nov 2019

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 19 Lilian Impey Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

19 Lilian Impey Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

  1. Jul 2002
    ConservatoryFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Single storey conservatory to rear

    Extension
    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    F/COL/02/0950
    View planning record

What's in 19 Lilian Impey Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GP's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

19 Lilian Impey Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.

Current estimate

£408,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2010)

£250,000

Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 28 April 2010Most recent

    £250,000

    +77.3%over 9 years

  2. 17 April 2001

    £141,000

    +13.3%over 1 year

  3. 22 December 1999

    £124,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 9GP: £360,000 (2025–2019).

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On the street

Versus other Lilian Impey Drive homes

Four headline reads against 17 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m²

£2,510

Street avg £2,349

On par

Floor Area

100 m²

Street avg 105 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

4.3 t/year

Street avg 3.7 t/year

Below
Comparables

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

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.
Full Colchester report

Crime

5/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Oyster Business Park — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Brinkley Grove Primary School. 16 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO4 9GP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO4 9GP

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

51.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO4 9GP

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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