40 Colneford Hill, White Colne, Colchester, CO6 2PJ
About 40 Colneford Hill
40 Colneford Hill is a six-bedroom detached house in White Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 443 m² (around 4768 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.
19 planning records sit against the property, 18 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, solar panel installation and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 443 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in March 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- LandYes
Energy performance
40 Colneford Hill'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Jun 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
40 Colneford Hill has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jun 2023OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of garden wall and installation of air source heat pump for swimming pool.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00908/HH
- Apr 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area: Leylandii and holly hedge - Removal (No.5 in the plan provided)
Conservation Area- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00579/TPOCON
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 40 Colneford Hill
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 40 Colneford Hill was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,344,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,226,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 March 2015Most recent
£1,226,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2PJ: £295,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CO6 2PJ
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Sold Jun 2024
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Sold Apr 2023
£295,00044 Colneford Hill, White Colne, Colchester, CO6 2PJ
Sold Jun 2022
£695,000
Everything we know about 40 Colneford Hill, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Environmental risk flagged

Versus other Colneford Hill homes
Floor Area for 40 Colneford Hill runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,767
Street avg £3,817
Floor Area
443 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
Riverside Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery. 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
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB