1 Laurels Cottages, Battisford Road, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7LX
About 1 Laurels Cottages
1 Laurels Cottages is a semi-detached house in Hitcham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 7LX). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (209 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
2 applications on record at 1 Laurels Cottages, Battisford Road, Hitcham, Ipswich, IP7 7LX
- Jul 2005DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single-storey rear extension (following demolition of existing single- storey rear addition) as amended by details received 08/07/05.
Extension- Reference
- B/05/00874
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionJul 2005Decision
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Sales history & valuation
1 Laurels Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£305,000
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 3 sales in IP7 7LX: £286,000 (2025–2017).
Versus other Battisford Road homes
Floor Area for 1 Laurels Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 204 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Moat Farm — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB