Mill Lane Combs, Mid Suffolk
25 addresses across 2 postcodes (IP14), about 1.7 km (1 mile) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25500838.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £300,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, F: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 27% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Stowmarket, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 55 to 69 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Combs Ford Surgery, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 980 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £750,000 | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £845,000 | £845,000 | £845,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £244,000 | £244,000 | £244,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £35,000 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2026 | OAK VIEW IP14 2NF | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2025 | ROSE HALL IP14 2NF | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2024 | YEW TREE COTTAGE IP14 2NF | Detached | £845,000 | |
| 8 Sep 2011 | OLD MILL HOUSE IP14 2NF | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2009 | OAK VIEW IP14 2NF | Semi-detached | £190,000 | |
| 21 Sep 2001 | THE NURSERY IP14 2NF | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 14 May 1999 | OLD MILL HOUSE IP14 2NF | Detached | £244,000 | |
| 15 Mar 1996 | BRAD STREET COTTAGE IP14 2NF | Semi-detached | £35,000 | |
| 4 May 1995 | YEW TREE COTTAGE IP14 2NF | Detached | £175,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 173 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (6); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Mid Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,317 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,545 | £1,802 | £2,059 | £2,317 | £2,832 | £3,347 | £3,861 | £4,634 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (23% of about 700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- MATTOCKS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- ROSE HALL, grade II
- THE NURSERY, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 16 September 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 2NF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP14 2JS | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 55 m and 69 m above sea level (66 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 2JS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP14 2NF | 36% | 27% | 27% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stowmarket 976,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Needham Market 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Queens Close Combs | 280 m |
| Bus or coach station | Barnards Stowmarket | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Car parks | Iliffe Way Car Park | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Tesla Supercharger | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 59.5 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Combs Ford Surgery | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Combs Ford Pharmacy | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Crowe Street (Dental Surgery) | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Ipswich Hospital | 19.3 km (12 miles) |
| Police station | Stowmarket Police Station. | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Stowmarket Cashzone | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 470 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,920 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ponderosa Post Office Cottage, a listed building (Grade II*), 890 m (0.6 miles) north-east. 27 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Post Office Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Abbot's Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Jack's Grove | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| St John's Grove | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Nan True's Hole Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Lower Badley Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Tyelay Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Badley Hill | Hill | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 25 |
3 of the street's 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (suffolk).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
All the streets in IP14 and across Mid Suffolk.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.