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16 Gainsborough Road, Ipswich, IP4 2UR

4 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
8
From EPC
Floor area
209 m²
2250 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 16 Gainsborough Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

16 Gainsborough Road is a semi-detached house in Ipswich (IP4 2UR). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 147.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

16 Gainsborough Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
13.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC EPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)Solid (non-cavity) walls

Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 16 Gainsborough Road, Ipswich, IP4 2UR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history at 16 Gainsborough Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.

4 applications on record at 16 Gainsborough Road, Ipswich, IP4 2UR

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  1. Oct 2005
    Tree WorksTrees
    Outcome in report

    Reshaping of two Silver Birch trees, one in front garden, second in rear garden.

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    05/00842/CALF
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. Tree WorksDecision
  4. Tree WorksDecision

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Price

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

£590,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£650,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 10 May 2022Most recent

    £650,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP4 2UR: £430,000 (2025–2013).

On the street

Versus other Gainsborough Road homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for 16 Gainsborough Road lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,110

Street avg £2,083

Above

Floor Area

209 m²

Street avg 179 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

13.7 t/year

Street avg 9.2 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 16 Gainsborough Road

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Signs of HMO activity in the area

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Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£572k

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1 Berkeley Close

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4 bed3 bath
£630k

1 Gainsborough Road

IP4 2UR

4 bed
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1 Brettenham Crescent

IP4 2UB

4 bed2 bath
£691k

1 Borrowdale Avenue

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4 bed2 bath
£498k

1 Grosvenor Close

IP4 2TU

£461k

1 Constable Road

IP4 2UN

4 bed
£450k

1 Belgrave Close

IP4 2TT

4 bed
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Ipswich district page.
Full Ipswich report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

9/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Park Gates — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich. 31 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP4 2UR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for IP4 2UR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for IP4 2UR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
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80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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