15 Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
About 15 Northgate Street
15 Northgate Street is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2541 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since April 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £833,000 is 21.6% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Dining roomYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
15 Northgate Street 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at 15 Northgate Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
3 applications on record at 15 Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
- Jan 2006Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
TPO235(1973)25 - Tree Preservation Order ApplicationSycamore (T10) - 15% crown reduction and thinning
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- SE/05/02671
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksJun 2018Decision
- Tree WorksMar 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
15 Northgate Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£833,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£685,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 April 2011Most recent
£685,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP33 1HP: £317,500 (2019–2013).
Nearby sales in IP33 1HP
2 Charter Mews, Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
Sold Sept 2019
£332,50019b, Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
Sold Aug 2015
£180,00017b, Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
Sold Jul 2014
£317,5003 Charter Mews, Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
Sold May 2014
£385,000Flat 1, 22 Northgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1HP
Sold Oct 2013
£122,000
Versus other Northgate Street homes
On epc rating, 15 Northgate Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,901
Street avg £3,053
Floor Area
236 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Schoolhall Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.1dB







