4 Birch Close, Canvey Island, SS8 9JG
About 4 Birch Close
4 Birch Close is a semi-detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 9JG). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
Held since November 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 263.7% above the 2001 sale of £87,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 72.6% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
4 Birch Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
4 Birch Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Birch Close's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£320,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£87,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 November 2001Most recent
£87,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS8 9JG: £310,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in SS8 9JG
Versus other Birch Close homes
On price per m², 4 Birch Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£682
Street avg £3,488
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hawkesbury Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Canvey Junior School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB