3 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
About 3 College Street
3 College Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1NH). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1400 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £680,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 130 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 22 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 92% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
3 College Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2019
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 College Street has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
5 applications on record at 3 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
- Nov 2005ExtensionOutcome in report
Listed Building Application - Internal and external alterations including (i) creation of bathroom in attic (ii) expansion of bathroom on first floor forming corridor (iii) extend ground floor kitchen and shower room to form larger kitchen and utility room (iv) alterations to windows and doors on rear elevation as amended by revised plans drawing nos 3509/02C and 3509/05D indicating revisions to specifications and rear elevation, and supported by accompanying details of ridge vent.
Listed- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- SE/05/02490
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationDec 2012Decision
- RenovationJul 2011Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 College Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£704,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 17 years.
£680,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
25 February 2022Most recent
£680,000
+78.9%over 11 years16 December 2010
£380,000
-30.9%17 June 2010
£550,000
+15.8%over 2 years3 December 2007
£475,000
+106.5%over 2 years26 May 2005
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP33 1NH: £421,600 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in IP33 1NH
56 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
Sold Oct 2024
£425,00053 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
Sold Feb 2024
£421,6005 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
Sold Dec 2022
£250,00062 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
Sold Jul 2021
£298,50061 College Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1NH
Sold May 2019
£425,000
Versus other College Street homes
3 College Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,230
Street avg £3,088
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chequer Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB

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42.9dB







