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Saltings, Shop Lane, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TR

3 sales on record1 planning record
Council tax
Band D
Overview

About Saltings

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Saltings is a property in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TR). It has council tax band D.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Saltings, Shop Lane, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Saltings has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.

1 application on record at Saltings, Shop Lane, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TR

1decisions1extensions2documents1nearby
  1. May 2002
    ExtensionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Single storey

    First floor extensions.

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    F/COL/02/0761
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for Saltings has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.

Last sold (2022)

£520,000

Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 26 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 28 November 2022Most recent

    £520,000

    +41.7%over 5 years

  2. 20 January 2017

    £367,000

    +376.6%over 20 years

  3. 6 June 1996

    £77,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 8TR: £340,000 (2019–2007).

Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Saltings

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
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Area

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Full Colchester report

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

0.4 km

Fen Lane — bus stop.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO5 8TR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO5 8TR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO5 8TR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.7dB

Low
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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