Grove Lodge, Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE
About Grove Lodge
Grove Lodge is a detached house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
Grove Lodge sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Grove Lodge has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Grove Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£462,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0BE: £245,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in CO5 0BE
15 Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE
Sold Jan 2023
£320,0002 Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE
Sold Jul 2022
£340,00029 Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE
Sold Nov 2016
£152,10033 Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE
Sold Mar 2015
£238,0006 Bull Lane, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0BE
Sold Aug 2013
£245,000
Versus other Bull Lane homes
EPC Rating for Grove Lodge lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
23 (F)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 125 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The New Times — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Tiptree Heath Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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
46.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







