2 Hackney Cottage, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HN
About 2 Hackney Cottage
2 Hackney Cottage is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2HN). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 is 17.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 31.1% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £500,000 in June 2021. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
2 Hackney Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Hackney Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- May 2012ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate - Erection of single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/00688/PLD
- Nov 2011ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate - Erection of single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/01382/PLD
What's in 2 Hackney Cottage, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HN's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£589,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2HN: £735,000 (2022–2010).
Everything we know about 2 Hackney Cottage, 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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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
0.7 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School. 3 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
42.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB