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About 20 Birch Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
20 Birch Road is a detached house in Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3SA). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 21.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £357,500 in April 2022. 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.
20 Birch Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D58
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 20 Birch Road, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3SA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Jan 2023PorchFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder Application - Erection of single storey front porch extension; Erection of single storey rear extension and conversion of garage to playroom/store and construction of pitch roof replacing existing flat roof.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£374,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£357,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Birch Road homes
Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On floor area, 20 Birch Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,082
Street avg £3,088
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Shops — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB
Everything within walking distance
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