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Get started1 Briar Cottage is a semi-detached house in Feering, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history at 1 Briar Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Remove 1 Sycamore tree and Reduce/ lift the crown by 25% and remove motley stems/ trunks
1 Briar Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£229,000
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.
On epc rating, 1 Briar Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 143 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Green — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation at 1 and 2 Briar Cottages - Carry out various works to trees, see application for more details.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 9QQ: £475,000 (2023–2018).
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Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Closest school
0.5 km
Feering Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.8dB