Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Blackwater Drive is a detached house in West Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2021) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since January 2021. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 104).
At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (144 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Certificate validity
Valid until 7 January 2031
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2 Blackwater Drive has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
4 applications on record at 2 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ
Extension: Single storey
Construction of a single storey extension to existing bungalow and entrance porch
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2 Blackwater Drive has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£626,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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 8NJ: £570,000 (2025–2021).
3 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ
Sold Sept 2025
7 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ
Sold Nov 2024
1a, Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ
Sold Apr 2023
5 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ
Sold May 2021
8 Blackwater Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NJ
Sold Oct 2020
On epc rating, 2 Blackwater Drive stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
86 (B)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 145 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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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
0.5 km
High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Mersea Island School. 1 school nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB