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Slindon Cottage, Plummers Road, Fordham, Colchester, CO6 3NP

5 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
88 m²
947 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 42
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Slindon Cottage

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

Slindon Cottage is a semi-detached house in Fordham, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3NP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 is 12.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² it's 20.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 8 EPCs). Sold October 2018 for £270,000.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Slindon Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Slindon Cottage, Plummers Road, Fordham, Colchester, CO6 3NP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Slindon Cottage.

  1. Dec 2018
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Proposed first floor extension

    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    182693
    View planning record
  2. Oct 2018
    Full
    In report

    New vehicular access onto Plummers Road (as approved under outline permission 172934)

    Documents
    8 docs on file
    Reference
    182085
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

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

Slindon Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2003.

Current estimate

£304,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 15 years.

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Last sold (2018)

£270,000

Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 15 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 30 October 2018Most recent

    £270,000

    +227.3%over 14 years

  2. 28 November 2003

    £82,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3NP: £266,000 (2021–2012).

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On the street

Versus other Plummers Road homes

Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for Slindon Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,068

Street avg £2,515

Above

Floor Area

88 m²

Street avg 140 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

6.7 t/year

Street avg 7.0 t/year

On par
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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£262k

1 Church Road, Wormingford

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£260k

1 Armoury Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt

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£359k

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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.
Full Colchester report

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

0.6 km

Memorial — bus stop.

Closest school

1.3 km

Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

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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 3NP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO6 3NP

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 3NP

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.0dB

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