16 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
About 16 Blue Road
16 Blue Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tiptree, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 0TY). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 is 38% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 35.9% below the postcode norm. On the market in September 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
16 Blue Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jun 2023
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 24 June 2023
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Planning history
16 Blue Road has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 16 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
- Jan 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Alterations to existing covered way forming single storey extension.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 182798
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Sales history & valuation
16 Blue Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£490,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 19 years.
£355,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
17 September 2015Most recent
£355,000
+294.4%over 19 years22 July 1996
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 0TY: £370,000 (2026–2020).
Nearby sales in CO5 0TY
28 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Feb 2026
£365,0002 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Jul 2022
£535,00010 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Aug 2021
£370,0003 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Jun 2020
£372,50012 Blue Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0TY
Sold Feb 2020
£255,000
Versus other Blue Road homes
On price per m², 16 Blue Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,076
Street avg £3,839
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
92/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Ransom Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Baynards Primary School. 6 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
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB







