6 The Dingle, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
About 6 The Dingle
6 The Dingle is a detached house in Fingringhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7DB). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
6 The Dingle's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
2 applications on record at 6 The Dingle, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
- Mar 2005ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Proposed side/rear ground floor extension and alterations.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/05/0389
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionJan 2025Decision
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Sales history & valuation
6 The Dingle has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£728,000
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 7DB: £490,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CO5 7DB
Blyth House, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
Sold Oct 2024
£670,000Till June, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
Sold Dec 2021
£360,0005 The Dingle, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
Sold Nov 2019
£387,500Ballast House, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
Sold Aug 2019
£580,000Lion Grange, Ballast Quay Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DB
Sold May 2019
£490,000
Versus other Ballast Quay Road homes
Floor Area for 6 The Dingle runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
213 m²
Street avg 171 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Brook Hall Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB







