15 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ
About 15 Burrows Road
15 Burrows Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Earls Colne, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1051 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 50). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 98 m² it's 27.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £456,000 is 38.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (June 2015).
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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
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
15 Burrows Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Apr 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
15 Burrows Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jun 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Fell 2 Conifers and 5 Leylandii trees
Conservation Area- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01502/TPOCON
- Dec 2020FullIn report
Erection of a garden wall and willow fence along the boundary to number 13 Burrows Road.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01322/HH
What's in 15 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ's planning history?
7 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 15 Burrows Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 13 years.
£330,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
10 June 2015Most recent
£330,000
+52.1%over 10 years14 April 2005
£217,000
+33.5%over 2 years25 July 2002
£162,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2RZ: £250,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CO6 2RZ
37 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ
Sold Sept 2023
£240,0007 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ
Sold Jun 2023
£263,0005 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ
Sold Nov 2021
£265,0008 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ
Sold Sept 2018
£245,00029 Burrows Road, Earls Colne, Colchester, CO6 2RZ
Sold May 2017
£260,000
Everything we know about 15 Burrows Road, in one report
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Versus other Burrows Road homes
EPC Rating for 15 Burrows Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,381
Street avg £3,383
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 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 Lion — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 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
46.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB