The Retreat, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
About The Retreat
The Retreat is a property in Chappel, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2EE). It has council tax band E.
It hasn't traded since March 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2022. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
- Mar 2022AnnexFullIn report
Proposed extension and conversion of existing domestic outbuilding to use as a habitable annexe
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 220213
What's in The Retreat, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The Retreat has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£129,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 1999Most recent
£129,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2EE: £500,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CO6 2EE
2 Redcroft Cottages, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
Sold May 2025
£385,000Little Bretons, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
Sold Mar 2025
£500,000Chappel View, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
Sold Jun 2024
£550,000Spendpenny Farm, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
Sold Mar 2021
£680,0001 Redcroft Cottages, Swan Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2EE
Sold Nov 2020
£335,000
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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
43.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB