49 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS
About 49 Wrights Way
49 Wrights Way is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leavenheath, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4NS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 is 12.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£447/sq ft) was about 139.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £274,000. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
49 Wrights Way has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2018ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Householder Application. Removal of existing timber conservatory. Erection of new rear extension and conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/18/03594
What's in 49 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
49 Wrights Way has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£308,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 26 years.
£274,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£274,000
+14.2%over 3 years5 March 2018
£240,000
+14.3%over 1 year14 December 2016
£210,000
+282.2%over 21 years8 June 1995
£54,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 4NS: £265,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CO6 4NS
35 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS
Sold Aug 2025
£250,0009 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS
Sold Jan 2024
£297,5005 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS
Sold Aug 2023
£265,00041 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS
Sold Feb 2023
£280,0003 Wrights Way, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4NS
Sold Jan 2021
£220,000
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Versus other Wrights Way homes
Price per m² for 49 Wrights Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,807
Street avg £3,101
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 2.4 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
Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
3.0 km
Nayland Primary School. 1 school 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
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB