The Brambles, Bridge Road, Burston, Diss, IP22 5TH
About The Brambles
The Brambles is a detached house in Burston, Diss, Diss (IP22 5TH). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (168 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
Know exactly what you're buying at The Brambles
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2020ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 3 of 1999/0831 - to change the use from studio office to annexe
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 2020/1057
What's in The Brambles, Bridge Road, Burston, Diss, IP22 5TH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The Brambles has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 5TH: £510,000 (2022–2007).
Everything we know about The Brambles, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Bridge Road homes
On habitable rooms, The Brambles runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 181 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 10.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.0 km
Burston Community 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
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB