1 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY
About 1 Mill Lane
1 Mill Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2HY). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £510,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Mill Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Planning history
- Mar 2022AmendmentIn report
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use - Confirmation that application 95/00275/FUL is extant in relation to the extension to 1 Mill Lane.
Retrospective- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00026/ELD
- Sept 2021AnnexFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
First floor rear/side extension and conversion of garage to form self-contained annexe accommodation.
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02980/HH
What's in 1 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY'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.
£552,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£510,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 September 2021Most recent
£510,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2HY: £485,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in CO6 2HY
3 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY
Sold Jul 2025
£570,00011 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY
Sold May 2024
£405,00019 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY
Sold Feb 2024
£625,0005 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY
Sold Sept 2021
£485,00015 Mill Lane, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HY
Sold Nov 2015
£424,500
Everything we know about 1 Mill Lane, 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 Mill Lane homes
1 Mill Lane is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,333
Street avg £3,625
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
0.2 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Colne Engaine Church of England 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
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB