4 Mill Road, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6LR
About 4 Mill Road
4 Mill Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6LR). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (165 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2009. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 is 44.5% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 30.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 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
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
Energy performance
4 Mill Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Jun 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Mill Road sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- May 2009Tree WorksTreesIn report
TCA09/1756 - Trees in a Conservation Area NotificationFell three Christmas trees.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- SE/09/0373
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Sales history & valuation
£289,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 September 2011Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6LR: £274,500 (2025–2007).
Nearby sales in IP28 6LR
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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

Versus other Mill Road homes
4 Mill Road outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,434
Street avg £2,569
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 176 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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
0.3 km
Hengrave Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
Howard Community Academy. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB