# 26 Yardley Street, Avonhead

2 reports on record since January 2026 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/avonhead/26-yardley-street

## What gets reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- Facility - General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8913198), 13 Sept 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7623936), 27 Jan 2026

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8913198), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08913198/public/1_3gbyk6wp8mq6.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7623936), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07623936/public/1_5v1dzvxqbwc.jpg

[More photographs on the Avonhead wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avonhead)

## Also reported on Yardley Street
- [6 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/6-yardley-street), 2 reports
- [46 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/46-yardley-street), 1 report
- [44 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/44-yardley-street), 1 report
- [43 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/43-yardley-street), 1 report
- [39 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/39-yardley-street), 1 report
- [33 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/33-yardley-street), 1 report
- [28 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/28-yardley-street), 1 report
- [20 Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/20-yardley-street), 1 report
- [Yardley Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/yardley-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5189&lon=172.5463&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5189&lon=172.5463&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5189&lon=172.5463&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Riccarton Leagues Club](https://www.chch.live/business/riccarton-leagues-club-avonhead), 378 m away · Clubs

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Woodbury St near Glenharrow Ave, 240 m away · [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Woodbury St near Glenharrow Ave, 247 m away · [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,440,000, land $1,420,000, improvements $20,000 · 6,043 m² · ref 21882/29601 · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Russley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3496-russley-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2019
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Avonhead ran about **$596 a week**, $46 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/avonhead#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Waimairi ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/waimairi), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## The green nearby
- [Stewarts Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1131-stewarts-bush), you are in it · playground, 37 pieces
- [Crosbie Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1607-crosbie-park), 209 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 76 pieces
- [Harkness Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1900-harkness-reserve), 310 m to the edge
- [Pinehurst Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1646-pinehurst-reserve), 381 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 26 Yardley Street?**

2 council reports on record since January 2026, most often park - general request (1), facility - general request (1).

**What school is 26 Yardley Street zoned for?**

[Russley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3496-russley-school), [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.51890249886759,172.5463174998693)

**Which suburb is 26 Yardley Street in?**

Avonhead, Christchurch, on [Yardley Street](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/yardley-street).

**What stood at 26 Yardley Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51890249886759&lon=172.5463174998693)

**What is the nearest park to 26 Yardley Street?**

[Stewarts Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1131-stewarts-bush), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=avonhead&address=26-yardley-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonhead&street=yardley-street
