18 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
About 18 Langdale Drive
18 Langdale Drive is a semi-detached house in Highwoods, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 9TU). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in October 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 sits 520.8% above the 1995 sale of £53,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 75.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 19 November 2030
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 18 Langdale Drive.
1 application on record at 18 Langdale Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9TU
- Feb 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension to form kitchen/bedroom three extension, study and bedroom four
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/02/0027
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Sales history & valuation
18 Langdale Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£329,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£53,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 October 1995Most recent
£53,000
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
Versus other Langdale Drive homes
On price per m², 18 Langdale Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£564
Street avg £3,315
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 54 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 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
430/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.
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A Local Area 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







