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Get started35 Bittern Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Kelvedon, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £702,000 is 17% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 15.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in July 2017.
35 Bittern Close has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single-storey rear extension
Price for 35 Bittern Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£702,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 22 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 22 years.
Habitable Rooms for 35 Bittern Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,468
Street avg £3,348
Floor Area
173 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
The Railway Tavern — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.2dB

Extension: Side and rear of property
Single-storey rear/side extensions.
2 more applications for this property
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7 July 2017Most recent
£600,000
+319.7%over 19 years18 May 1998
£142,950
+26.5%over 2 years2 November 1995
£113,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9PQ: £495,000 (2025–2019).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
CO5 9RN
Closest school
0.3 km
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.4dB
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