5 Cotton Close, Plymouth, PL7 1JA
About 5 Cotton Close
5 Cotton Close is a semi-detached house in Plymouth (PL7 1JA). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2013. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
5 Cotton Close 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jul 2023
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
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Planning history
5 Cotton Close has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
5 Cotton Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£237,000
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 5 sales in PL7 1JA: £255,000 (2024–2015).
Versus other Cotton Close homes
On epc rating, 5 Cotton Close runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 104 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.1 km
Cotton Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Plympton St Maurice Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB







