Marlin, East Road, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TA
About Marlin
Marlin is a property in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TA). It has council tax band E.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Last sale on file: £750,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
Marlin has an approved extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at Marlin, East Road, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TA
- Nov 2013ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Proposed kitchen and ensuite extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 131831
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionSept 2022Decision
- Garage ConversionAug 2014Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Marlin has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£750,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£750,000
+163.2%over 18 years22 September 2003
£285,000
+133.6%over 5 years25 May 1998
£122,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO5 8TA: £422,500 (2021–1995).
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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
Meeting Lane — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







