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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 39.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
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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
- 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Apr 2019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
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Sept 2020DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder Planning Application - (i) First floor rear extension (ii) 2 bay car port to front elevation (iii) cladding to first floor rear elevation (iv) raising roof line and replacing window to first floor rear elevation (v) adding pitched roof to the rear extension and changing the projection of the roof following the demolition of balcony
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/20/1147/HH
- Jun 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - 6no. Silver Birch (G1 group and T1 on plan) - Fell, 1no. Silver Birch (T2 on plan) - Crown lift to 6 metres from ground level
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/18/0984/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Chimney Mills was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£637,000
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 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in IP28 6ES
7 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
£350,0006 Chimney Mills, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6ES
Sold Jul 2015
£437,400
Everything we know about 5 Chimney Mills, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

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 £2,558
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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Cornwallis Close — bus stop.
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
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB