Glennelg, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2ED
About Glennelg
Glennelg is a detached house in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2ED). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2014) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £798,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 44.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £720,000. 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
Glennelg's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2021AnnexFullIn report
Extension to existing outbuilding. Alteration to outbuilding for multiple use for Glennelg House (home office and gym or annexe for mother)
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 210865
- Jan 2016OutbuildingFullIn report
Proposed outbuilding for garage/carport/store.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 152650
What's in Glennelg, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2ED's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£798,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£720,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 February 2021Most recent
£720,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO6 2ED: £397,500 (2015–2000).
Everything we know about Glennelg, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Swan Street homes
On epc rating, Glennelg stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
83 (B)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
235 m²
Street avg 172 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Pattock Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB