5 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
About 5 Chimney Mills
5 Chimney Mills is a four-bedroom detached house in West Stow, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6ES). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1950 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.
9 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 181 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2010–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 is 16% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 35.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
- BalconyYes
Energy performance
5 Chimney Mills's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Apr 2019
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 13 April 2019
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
9 applications on record at 5 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
- Sept 2009Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
TCA09/1792 - Tree in Conservation Area Notification Fell one Silver Birch tree to front of property.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/09/0913
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionSept 2020Decision
- Tree WorksJun 2018Decision
+ 6 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Chimney Mills was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£690,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 8 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
18 September 2017Most recent
£595,000
+63.0%over 7 years18 March 2010
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6ES: £400,000 (2026–2016).
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
£400,0002 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Sept 2017
£367,0001 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold May 2016
£350,000
Versus other Chimney Mills homes
Price per m² for 5 Chimney Mills runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,284
Street avg £2,782
Floor Area
181 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.4 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
122/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Cornwallis Close — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB







