12 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ
About 12 Coppice End
12 Coppice End is a five-bedroom detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include a conservatory.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £594,000 is 23.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 21.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £480,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenSide
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
12 Coppice End has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2021ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Construct a hipped lean to conservatory to the rear of the property
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 211406
What's in 12 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£594,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 24 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
15 March 2021Most recent
£480,000
+47.7%over 15 years18 August 2005
£325,000
+156.9%over 8 years10 December 1996
£126,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 9RQ: £475,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in CO4 9RQ
15 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ
Sold Dec 2024
£720,00018 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ
Sold Aug 2021
£450,00016 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ
Sold Feb 2021
£380,0005 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ
Sold Sept 2018
£525,00014 Coppice End, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RQ
Sold Dec 2017
£600,000
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Versus other Coppice End homes
Years Held for 12 Coppice End lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,429
Street avg £3,133
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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
0.2 km
Pinecroft Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Highwoods Community Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB