3 Chequer Square, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QZ
About 3 Chequer Square
3 Chequer Square is an end-of-terrace house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 427 m² (around 4591 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 2006–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,249,000 is 34.3% below the 2024 sale of £1,900,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 205.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 427 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 4 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. 12 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: May 2024 at £1,900,000.
Energy performance
3 Chequer Square 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jun 2020
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Planning history
3 Chequer Square has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
12 applications on record at 3 Chequer Square, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QZ
- Mar 2004Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Fell one Fig and two Lime trees situated within a Conservation Area
Conservation Area- Reference
- TCA04/1000
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationAug 2025Decision
- RenovationMay 2025Decision
+ 9 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Chequer Square was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,249,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 18 years.
£1,900,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
23 May 2024Most recent
£1,900,000
+31.0%over 13 years25 August 2010
£1,450,000
+16.0%over 4 years19 July 2006
£1,250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP33 1QZ: £300,000 (2024–2003).
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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
0.0 km
Chequer Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB







