# 15 Norwood Street, Beckenham

11 reports on record since January 2023 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/beckenham/15-norwood-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 7
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8289760), 22 May 2026
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4317975), 21 Feb 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3955684), 26 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3954327), 26 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3952635), 25 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3940337), 22 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3939199), 21 Nov 2023
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/3936210), 21 Nov 2023
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/3927428), 18 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3116876), 27 Feb 2023

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8289760), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08289760/public/1_gu190sn5wimd.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4317975), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04317975/public/1_2gemcslblgau.jpg

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

## Also reported on Norwood Street
- [20 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/20-norwood-street), 56 reports
- [14 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/14-norwood-street), 10 reports
- [33 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/33-norwood-street), 8 reports
- [27 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/27-norwood-street), 8 reports
- [38A Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/38a-norwood-street), 7 reports
- [29 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/29-norwood-street), 7 reports
- [28 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/28-norwood-street), 7 reports
- [48 Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/48-norwood-street), 6 reports
- [Norwood Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/norwood-street)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6435&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6435&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6435&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6435&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [Beckenham Bowling Club](https://www.chch.live/business/beckenham-bowling-club-beckenham), 179 m away · Sports centres
- [Southern Districts Cricket Club](https://www.chch.live/business/southern-districts-cricket-club-beckenham), 274 m away · Clubs
- [Hettie’s Rock & Crystal Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/hettie-s-rock-crystal-shop-beckenham), 283 m away · Esoteric
- [The Birdwood Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/the-birdwood-eatery-beckenham), 315 m away · Cafés

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Edgar Taylor Walk Duplicate Entry](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33747-beckenham-park), 73 m away, “EDGAR TAYLOR WALK duplicate entry (full text in 35498)” · 2008
- [Thank You for the Inspirational Journey Paul James Blacklow](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33710-beckenham-park), 88 m away, “Thank you for the inspirational journey Paul James Blacklow 26.10.1971 — 11.3.2007 You wer…” · 2008
- [Planted by Beckenham Town Women'S Guild Coronation Year 1953](https://www.chch.live/plaque/33759-beckenham-park), 117 m away, “PLANTED BY BECKENHAM TOWN WOMEN'S GUILD CORONATION YEAR 1953” · 2008

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $730,000, land $730,000, improvements $0 · 1,009 m² · ref 22580/36301 · 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.*
- [Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021
- [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

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

This address is on the council’s Week One 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)
- **Up to 95% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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_
- **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto**, [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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Norwood Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=norwood-street&suburb=beckenham)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Beckenham ran about **$620 a week**, $70 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/beckenham#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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).

## What was here, Former Beckenham Library and Setting
*138 m away · 65 Sandwich Road · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/461)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1276-beckenham-park), 22 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 34 pieces
- [Waimea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1006-waimea-reserve), 99 m to the edge
- [Heathcote Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1326-heathcote-riverbank-true-left), 328 m to the edge · 4 ha
- [Palatine Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1258-palatine-reserve), 405 m to the edge · playground, 38 pieces
- [Palatine Native Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1499-palatine-native-reserve), 454 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Beckenham Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-10), 469 m away · Service centre
- [South Christchurch Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-32), 490 m away · Library · 66 Colombo St, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 12 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-463-somerfield), 222 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-516-cashmere), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-517-beckenham), 299 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-520-beckenham), 321 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 15 Norwood Street?**

11 council reports on record since January 2023, most often water leak (7), street gutters / storm water (1), sewer - leak / blockage (1).

**What school is 15 Norwood Street zoned for?**

[Beckenham Te Kura o Puroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, 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=-43.56232630654135,172.64349813673624)

**Which suburb is 15 Norwood Street in?**

Beckenham, Christchurch, on [Norwood Street](https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/norwood-street).

**What stood at 15 Norwood Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Beckenham Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/461).

**What is the nearest park to 15 Norwood Street?**

[Beckenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1276-beckenham-park), 22 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=beckenham&address=15-norwood-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Beckenham&street=norwood-street
