2 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
About 2 Chapel Street
2 Chapel Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Rowhedge, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7JS). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 100.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £395,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 2 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
- Feb 2019AmendmentOutcome in report
This Certificate is to establish that the garage conversion which is in breach of condition 4 of planning permission COL/1963/87 is now lawful.
Retrospective- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 183144
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 2 Chapel Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 21 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
13 December 2021Most recent
£395,000
+279.8%over 21 years24 November 2000
£104,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7JS: £289,500 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CO5 7JS
30 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
Sold Dec 2023
£289,5007 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
Sold Jul 2023
£226,00017 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
Sold Jan 2022
£295,00018 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
Sold Sept 2021
£320,0009 Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS
Sold Sept 2021
£260,000
Versus other Chapel Street homes
Years Held for 2 Chapel Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,990
Street avg £2,961
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Shipyard Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







