9 Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
About 9 Beach Road
9 Beach Road is a four-bedroom detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8AA). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1930 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since July 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £656,000 sits 212.4% above the 1998 sale of £209,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 56.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 179 m² it's 28.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 10 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
9 Beach Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Aug 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
9 Beach Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 9 Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
- Nov 2016ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear Single Storey Glazed Garden Room Extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 162669
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsFeb 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
9 Beach Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£656,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£209,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 July 1998Most recent
£209,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8AA: £465,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in CO5 8AA
4 Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
Sold May 2022
£480,0008 Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
Sold Nov 2018
£465,0003 Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
Sold Oct 2018
£295,0002a, Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
Sold Sept 2018
£560,0007 Beach Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8AA
Sold Mar 2013
£400,000
Versus other Beach Road homes
Price per m² for 9 Beach Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,171
Street avg £3,330
Floor Area
179 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Yorick Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB







