7 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF
About 7 Glebelands
7 Glebelands is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Horkesley, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4HF). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 100% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
7 Glebelands sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Glebelands has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Apr 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear single storey extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 230359
- Aug 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 201406
What's in 7 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 7 Glebelands 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 21 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
25 May 2021Most recent
£440,000
+111.0%over 17 years21 August 2003
£208,500
+51.1%over 2 years24 August 2000
£138,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 4HF: £280,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in CO6 4HF
1 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF
Sold Apr 2025
£428,0006 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF
Sold Feb 2021
£435,0002 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF
Sold Dec 2015
£275,0004 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF
Sold Jun 2013
£222,0008 Glebelands, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4HF
Sold May 2013
£285,000
Everything we know about 7 Glebelands, in one report
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Versus other Glebelands homes
Price per m² for 7 Glebelands runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,577
Street avg £2,797
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.2 km
Old House Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School. 4 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
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB