5 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU
About 5 Kemsley Road
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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Kemsley Road has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
- May 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
First-floor front extension.
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00496/HH
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.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Kemsley Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£384,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 21 years.
£338,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
23 November 2021Most recent
£338,000
+26.4%over 4 years28 August 2017
£267,475
+214.7%over 17 years25 May 2000
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2NU: £262,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in CO6 2NU
18 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU
Sold Feb 2025
£285,00015 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU
Sold Sept 2021
£282,00012 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU
Sold Aug 2019
£247,50011 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU
Sold Jun 2019
£252,00010 Kemsley Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2NU
Sold Nov 2018
£262,000
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Versus other Kemsley Road homes
Price per m² for 5 Kemsley Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,756
Street avg £2,745
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.1 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
0.1 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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB