1 College Road, Norwich, NR2 3JW
About 1 College Road
1 College Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Norwich (NR2 3JW). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in December 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (38 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £612,000 sits 544.2% above the 1996 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 80% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageSingle
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 College Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 College Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 1 College Road, Norwich, NR2 3JW
- Nov 2025ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Council
- LLC-9DK4W
- Reference
- 25/01104/F
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Sales history & valuation
1 College Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£612,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£95,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 December 1996Most recent
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR2 3JW: £475,000 (2023–2015).
Versus other College Road homes
Price per m² for 1 College Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£528
Street avg £2,636
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 634 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 20.5 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
2.3 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Avenue Junior School. 32 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







