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Topos, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR

1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
84 m²
904 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 45
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Topos

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

Topos is a 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 (January 2019) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (162 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 83.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £305,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

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

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E45
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Topos, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Council records include a two-storey side extension at Topos.

  1. Mar 2005
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Two storey · Side of property

    Planning Application - Erection of two storey side extension

    Documents
    1 doc on file
    Reference
    SE/05/1050/P
    View planning record
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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.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2004.

Current estimate

£316,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 18 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£305,000

Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 18 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 16 November 2022Most recent

    £305,000

    +121.0%over 18 years

  2. 24 October 2004

    £138,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6HR: £606,250 (2023–2019).

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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.

Topos outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,631

Street avg £2,522

Strongly above

Floor Area

84 m²

Street avg 173 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

6.4 t/year

Street avg 8.5 t/year

Above
Comparables

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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.

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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

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