16 Blatches Chase, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5SY
About 16 Blatches Chase
16 Blatches Chase is a four-bedroom detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 5SY). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 6 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £606,000 is 14.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 38.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £527,500.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
16 Blatches Chase 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 Blatches Chase has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2014ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect single storey rear infill extension (Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed)
- Agent
- Traer Clark Architects
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/01788/CLP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£606,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 15 years.
£527,500
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
5 October 2020Most recent
£527,500
+80.7%over 5 years9 October 2014
£292,000
+7.0%over 9 years7 September 2005
£273,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 5SY: £400,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in SS9 5SY
15 Blatches Chase, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5SY
Sold Feb 2025
£400,00019 Blatches Chase, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5SY
Sold Oct 2024
£650,0008 Blatches Chase, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5SY
Sold Jun 2021
£380,00021 Blatches Chase, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5SY
Sold Apr 2021
£525,00023 Blatches Chase, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5SY
Sold Apr 2018
£266,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Blatches Chase homes
On epc rating, 16 Blatches Chase runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,058
Street avg £4,142
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Fulford Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Heycroft Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB