14 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
About 14 Langdale Drive
14 Langdale Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9TU). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). Across 2020–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £291,000 is 13% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 70.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £257,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- ParkingOff street
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a two-storey side and rear extension application was refused at 14 Langdale Drive in 2025.
- Jul 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed Two Storey Side Extension with proposed rear lean-to extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 251071
- Mar 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed Two Storey Side Extension with proposed rear lean-to extension
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 250226
What's in 14 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£291,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 2 years.
£257,500
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£257,500
+9.3%over 1 year17 March 2020
£235,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 9TU: £273,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in CO4 9TU
47 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
Sold Oct 2025
£280,00010 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
Sold Oct 2024
£258,00011 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
Sold Aug 2024
£276,00032 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
Sold Jun 2024
£273,00034 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
Sold Mar 2024
£150,000
Everything we know about 14 Langdale Drive, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Langdale Drive homes
14 Langdale Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,902
Street avg £3,216
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 55 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
Langdale Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Gilberd School. 22 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
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB