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About 1 Briar Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 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).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E44
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.2 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Briar Cottage, The Street, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9QQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at 1 Briar Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2014Tree WorksTreesGranted
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
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Briar Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£229,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
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
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Green — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB
Everything within walking distance
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