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Rosemary Cottage, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR

Extendable1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
84 m²
904 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 40
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Rosemary Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Rosemary Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lackford, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6HR). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (162 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2018–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 51.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 is 23.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 45.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £242,000 in June 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1

Outside

  • Private gardenFront and rear

Building

  • Extension potentialPossible
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Rosemary Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
—
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
12.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Rosemary Cottage, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Nov 2022
    Full
    In report

    Householder planning application - a. render to all external elevations on dwelling b. cladding to all external elevations on outbuilding

    Documents
    9 docs on file
    Reference
    DC/22/1585/HH
    View planning record
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  • Larger development activity nearby
  • Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Rosemary Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.

Current estimate

£299,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 51.2% per year over 1 year.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2019)

£242,000

Growth on file: 51.2% per year over 1 year.

Sales timeline

  1. 13 June 2019Most recent

    £242,000

    +51.2%over 9 months

  2. 6 September 2018

    £160,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6HR: £606,250 (2023–2020).

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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
  • Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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On the street

Versus other Old Bury Road homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, Rosemary Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,881

Street avg £2,597

Above

Floor Area

84 m²

Street avg 173 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

12.0 t/year

Street avg 8.1 t/year

Below
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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3 bed2 bath
£465k

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3 bed
£360k

1 Church Cottages, School Road, Risby

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2 bed
£245k

1 Cavenham Road, Tuddenham

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2 bed1 bath
£373k

1 Benyon Gardens, Culford

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2 bed1 bath
£537k

1 Chestnut Close, Barton Mills

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£549k

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bury St Edmunds district page.
Full Bury St Edmunds report

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

0.1 km

Bus Shelter — bus stop.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP28 6HR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for IP28 6HR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for IP28 6HR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Rosemary Cottage, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.