32 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
About 32 School Road
32 School Road is a detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (143 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£606/sq ft) was about 138.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £600,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2023PorchFullIn report
Proposed Rear/Side Extension & Porch & garden room
Extension- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 231847
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
32 School Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£630,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.8% per year over 3 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 13.8% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
6 October 2022Most recent
£600,000
+55.0%over 2 years27 January 2020
£387,000
-5.6%28 October 2019
£410,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1BU: £625,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CO6 1BU
19 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Aug 2024
£577,50041 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Aug 2024
£975,00062 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Mar 2023
£625,00043 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Feb 2023
£475,00038 School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BU
Sold Nov 2022
£925,000
Everything we know about 32 School Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other School Road homes
Price per m² for 32 School Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,522
Street avg £3,180
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 155 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Allendale Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB