14 Sweet Briar Close, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NP
About 14 Sweet Briar Close
14 Sweet Briar Close is a detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4NP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 1997 — that's 29 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 sits 301.3% above the 1997 sale of £94,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£100/sq ft) was about 57% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
14 Sweet Briar Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
14 Sweet Briar Close has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
14 Sweet Briar Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£94,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 March 1997Most recent
£94,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 4NP: £415,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CO6 4NP
11 Sweet Briar Close, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NP
Sold Aug 2025
£425,00015 Sweet Briar Close, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NP
Sold Aug 2024
£420,00028 Sweet Briar Close, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NP
Sold Aug 2023
£400,00022 Sweet Briar Close, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NP
Sold Apr 2023
£415,00013 Sweet Briar Close, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NP
Sold Apr 2021
£410,000
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Versus other Sweet Briar Close homes
On price per m², 14 Sweet Briar Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,079
Street avg £3,834
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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
0.1 km
Edies Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
Nayland Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB