Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
7 Cotton Lane Flats, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1XR
Property type
End terrace
Floor Ground
Habitable rooms
2
From EPC
Floor area
42 m²
452 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 73
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Social Rental
About 7 Cotton Lane Flats
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
7 Cotton Lane Flats is an end-of-terrace house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1XR). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the 20th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–103 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 21 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a C (score 73). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 42 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (37 m² median across 20 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
7 Cotton Lane Flats's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jun 2025
Current Certificate
Jun 2015EPC Rating
A
B
C
C73
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
1.6 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Certificate validity
Expired on 16 June 2025
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 7 Cotton Lane Flats, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1XR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
7 Cotton Lane Flats has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
7 Cotton Lane Flats has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£126,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in IP33 1XR: £83,000 (2004–2004).
Nearby sales in IP33 1XR
Versus other Cotton Lane Flats homes
Four headline reads against 19 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
7 Cotton Lane Flats outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
73 (C)
Street avg 72 (C)
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 37 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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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.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
134/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cotton Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP33 1XR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.3dB
55 dB
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65 dB
70 dB
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80 dB
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