3 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
About 3 Chimney Mills
3 Chimney Mills is a detached house in West Stow, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6ES). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity.
5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 144 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (170 m² median across 8 EPCs).
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Energy performance
3 Chimney Mills's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 February 2035
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Planning history at 3 Chimney Mills is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
5 applications on record at 3 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
- Jun 2008Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
TCA08/1617 - Trees in a Conservation Area Notification(i) T1, T2, T3 - Leylandii - Reduce height by 40%; (ii) T4 - Thuja - Reduce height by 3 metres; (iii) T5 and T7 - Leylandii and T6 - Silver Birch - Reduce side branches by half a metre to clear aerial; (iv) T8 - Eucalyptus - Reduce height by 40% and reduce side branches by up to one metre to balance tree and (v) T9 - Scots Pine - Reduce side branches by up to one metre.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/08/0693
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksDec 2025Decision
- Tree WorksJul 2019Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
3 Chimney Mills has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£489,000
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 IP28 6ES: £470,000 (2026–2017).
Nearby sales in IP28 6ES
13 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Mar 2026
£470,0007 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Sept 2024
£580,00010 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Nov 2019
£400,0005 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Sept 2017
£595,0002 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Sept 2017
£367,000
Versus other Chimney Mills homes
EPC Rating
56 (D)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 165 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 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
0.5 km
Cornwallis Close — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB