4 Canvey Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2NN
About 4 Canvey Road
4 Canvey Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 2NN). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2018. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£647/sq ft) was about 116.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 4 Canvey Road.
- Jun 2023RenovationFullIn report
Replace windows to all elevations
- Agent
- P A Design
New Windows- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00251/FULH
- Dec 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce crown by 1m to Robinia (T1) and to Prunus (T4) located to rear of property (Application for proposed works to Trees in a Conservation Area)
- Agent
- Bartlett Tree Experts
Conservation Area- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01950/TCA
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 4 Canvey Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£892,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 24 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
14 September 2022Most recent
£850,000
+21.4%over 4 years21 May 2018
£699,950
+288.9%over 19 years22 January 1999
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 2NN: £690,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in SS9 2NN
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Canvey Road homes
On price per m², 4 Canvey Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,967
Street avg £4,332
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Herschell Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Belfairs Academy. 18 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB