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5 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathroom
1
Floor area
90 m²
969 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 69
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 5 Kemsley Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

5 Kemsley Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2NU). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 90 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 13 EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 is 13.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£349/sq ft) was about 56.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £338,000. 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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms1
  • Dining roomYes

Outside

  • GarageYes
  • Cul-de-sacYes

Building

  • Heating systemGas
  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C69
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 5 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

5 Kemsley Road has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.

  1. May 2022
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Front of property

    First-floor front extension.

    Documents
    15 docs on file
    Reference
    22/00496/HH
    View planning record

What's in 5 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 5 Kemsley Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£384,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 21 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£338,000

Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 21 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 November 2021Most recent

    £338,000

    +26.4%over 4 years
  2. 28 August 2017

    £267,475

    +214.7%over 17 years
  3. 25 May 2000

    £85,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2NU: £262,000 (2025–2018).

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On the street

Versus other Kemsley Road homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 5 Kemsley Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,756

Street avg £2,745

Strongly above

Floor Area

90 m²

Street avg 81 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

3.2 t/year

Street avg 3.1 t/year

Below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.

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

0.1 km

The Kennels — bus stop.

Closest school

1.0 km

Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery. 2 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO6 2NU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO6 2NU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 2NU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.5dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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