Abbots Croft, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
About Abbots Croft
Abbots Croft is a detached house in Eight Ash Green, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3QL). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 54% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £740,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Abbots Croft's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Abbots Croft has an approved side extension on the planning record.
- May 2023Garage ConversionOutlineIn report
Conversion of existing attached double garage into gym including new window and door along with blocking up existing garage door.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 230654
- Oct 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Single storey side extensions, alterations and boundary wall.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 161963
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Abbots Croft was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£779,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 18 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
25 May 2022Most recent
£740,000
+155.2%over 17 years4 November 2004
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3QL: £370,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in CO6 3QL
1 Abbotts Cottages, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
Sold Aug 2023
£365,000Cresta, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
Sold Nov 2022
£685,000Levens, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
Sold Apr 2020
£10,500The Cottage, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
Sold Jun 2018
£370,000The Firs, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
Sold Oct 2017
£482,000
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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

Versus other Abbotts Lane homes
Abbots Croft outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,645
Street avg £2,735
Floor Area
203 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Holiday Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
51.0dB