5 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
About 5 Choats Cottages
5 Choats Cottages is a property in Eight Ash Green, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3PT). It has council tax band D.
Held since March 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey extension at 5 Choats Cottages.
- Apr 2008ConservatoryFullIn report
Single storey front, two stoey and first floor rear extensions removalof rear flat roof and replacement with mono roof and conservatory
Extension- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 080419
- Feb 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Single storey front, two storey and first floor rear extensions. Removal of rear flat roof and replaced with mono roof.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 073089
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Choats Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£67,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 March 1996Most recent
£67,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3PT: £305,000 (2021–2013).
Nearby sales in CO6 3PT
The Cart Lodge, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Feb 2021
£500,000The Nook, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Sept 2016
£330,0002 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Jan 2015
£290,0001 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Dec 2012
£249,9953 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Mar 2009
£250,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.6 km
Fiddlers Folly — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB