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About Maple Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Maple Cottage is a detached house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 144.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, a conservatory and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold February 2021 for £495,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C73
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Maple Cottage, Up Street, Bardwell, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1AA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Maple Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Mar 2022Tree WorksTreesNo objections
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Sycamore (T4) remove large lateral limb to East hanging over the barn and small front facing lateral limb and reduce limb behind by two metres b. one Oak (T1) remove lower branches Crown lifting to a height of five metres over driveway, remove damaged low lateral limb over the road and crown reduce remaining lateral limbs over the road by two metres, remove small lateral limb hanging over driveway and Acorn Cottage by 1.5metres c. five Cypress lawson (T2) reduce by four metres d. one Holly (T3) fell
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Maple Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£550,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.6% per year over 22 years.
Last sold (2021)
£495,000
Growth on file: 9.6% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Up Street homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On habitable rooms, Maple Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
73 (C)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 78 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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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.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP31 1AA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 21 points of interest in total.
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