Orchard Cottage, Flempton, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6EQ
About Orchard Cottage
Orchard Cottage is a detached house in Flempton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 165 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (199 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Orchard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 June 2035
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Planning history
Orchard Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at Orchard Cottage, Flempton, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6EQ
- Jul 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Planning Application - Erection of single storey side extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/08/0903
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJul 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Orchard Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£521,000
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 4 sales in IP28 6EQ: £402,500 (2024–2000).
Versus the street
On epc rating, Orchard Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 198 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 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
122/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Church — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB