Is Colchester a Good Place to Live? Full Area Report

HM Land Registry street and postcode transactions, plus local UK House Price Index context where available: every recorded sale on the street, newest first, with tenure, property type and new-build flags, typical price by property type, and how the local authority, region and nation compare

• Every recorded sale on the street and postcode
• Tenure, property type and new-build flags
• Typical price by property type
• Local authority, region and nation compared
• Local UK House Price Index context

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Matched EPC band, potential improvements, estimated energy costs and carbon emissions where a certificate is available. You get the whole certificate: every element the assessor rated with its star ratings, running costs now and after the costed improvements, rooms, glazing, validity, plus modelled solar potential

• Matched EPC band
• Every rated element with its star ratings
• Running costs now and after improvements
• Costed potential improvements
• Carbon emissions
• Rooms, glazing and validity
• Modelled solar potential

Prints in: The home & energy

Flood maps and recorded extents, with available future surface-water flood scenarios and coastal erosion data; coverage varies by nation. Included: every flood-warning area within 2 km and 5 km named, recorded flood events, river-flow climate allowances, Flood Re eligibility, and every flood defence within about 1.5 km with its condition

• Flood maps and recorded extents
• Future surface-water flood scenarios
• Coastal erosion data
• Flood-warning areas within 2 km and 5 km
• Recorded flood events
• River-flow climate allowances
• Flood Re eligibility
• Flood defences within about 1.5 km

Prints in: Safety & environment

BGS area hazard bands, radon potential, coal-mining screening, landslides, noise and modelled air quality: clay shrink-swell to the 2070s, the seven ground-hazard ratings with the distance to the nearest higher-rated cell, every recorded landslide nearby, the radon band for the 1 km square, and nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 against the legal objectives

• Clay shrink-swell to the 2070s
• Seven ground-hazard ratings
• Recorded landslides nearby
• Radon band for the 1 km square
• Coal-mining screening
• Noise
• Nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10

Prints in: Safety & environment

Published police.uk crime categories and monthly history in England and Wales, with missing months explained: the last six months and the 24-month total within a mile, every category's share and per-month rate, and the change between the last six months and the six before

• Last six months within a mile
• The 24-month total
• Every category's share
• Per-month rate by category
• Change against the six months before
• Missing months explained

Prints in: Area & lifestyle

Schools with available inspection information, OpenStreetMap amenities such as GPs and pharmacies, and census health context: every school within 4 km with phase, grade and distance, and the nearest GP, pharmacy and health services by name

• Every school within 4 km
• Phase, grade and distance
• Nearest GP by name
• Nearest pharmacy and health services
• Census health context

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Nearby rail stations and public transport stops with distances, where the source has records: stations with mode and lines, every stop within 800 m by type, and the nearest bus stop

• Stations with mode and lines
• Every stop within 800 m by type
• The nearest bus stop

Prints in: Area & lifestyle

Neighbourhood deprivation and available census data, with different sources for each nation: the decile and rank of the small area with domains where published, residents and households, every census category with count and share including household tenure, and the statistical type of area with its pen portraits

• Deprivation decile and rank
• Domains where published
• Residents and households
• Every census category with count and share
• Household tenure
• Type of area with its pen portraits

Prints in: Area & lifestyle

Published planning designations, conservation areas, listed buildings and major projects; local publication varies. Included: every listed building and conservation area within 700 m with grade and distance, green belt, National Landscape, national park, scheduled monuments, tree preservation orders, Article 4 directions, the local plan's status and every brownfield-register entry nearby

• Listed buildings within 700 m
• Conservation areas within 700 m
• Green belt
• National Landscape and national park
• Scheduled monuments
• Tree preservation orders
• Article 4 directions
• The local plan's status
• Brownfield-register entries nearby
• Major projects

Prints in: The home & energy

Nearby mapped amenities, walkability context and food hygiene ratings where records are available: a walkability score out of 100, every everyday category counted with its nearest distance, and every rated food business within about a mile with type, rating and inspection date

• Walkability score out of 100
• Every everyday category counted
• Nearest distance for each category
• Rated food businesses within about a mile

Prints in: Area & lifestyle

Indicative gross rental yield from area rents and price data, plus local house-price trends where available: the yield, the typical monthly rent and the value it was measured against, labelled as an area estimate

• Indicative gross rental yield
• Typical monthly rent
• The value it was measured against
• Local house-price trends

Prints in: Value & market

Every former landfill within 1 km measured to its boundary with its years in use, every permitted landfill within 2 km, substantiated pollution incidents, and all permits and discharges within 1 km de-duplicated by site, with the statutory register named as not read and how to get it

• Former landfill within 1 km, to its boundary
• Years each landfill was in use
• Permitted landfill within 2 km
• Substantiated pollution incidents
• Permits and discharges within 1 km
• The statutory register and how to get it

Prints in: Safety & environment

The Band D charge for the local authority this year, what every band costs per year and per month, the band mix of the neighbours, the tenure at the last recorded sale and across the street, published tribunal decisions at the postcode, and the lease-pack checklist

• Band D charge this year
• Every band per year and per month
• The neighbours' band mix
• Tenure at the last recorded sale
• Tenure across the street
• Tribunal decisions at the postcode
• The lease-pack checklist

Prints in: Value & market

A section written for this address from the registers that publish to people but not to software (each finding names the register consulted, where and when), plus dated corporate ownership and building records with their match basis

• Findings from registers with no software feed
• The register, place and date for each finding
• Dated corporate ownership records
• Building records with their match basis

Prints in: Written for the address

The IQ Score with every factor's sub-score and the finding behind it, every red and amber flag explained, a numbered brief of questions for your surveyor built from what the address flagged, your before-you-offer checklist, and an appendix of every register asked and whether it answered

• IQ Score with every factor's sub-score
• Every red and amber flag explained
• A numbered brief for your surveyor
• Your before-you-offer checklist
• Every register asked, and whether it answered

Prints in: The verdict