# 870 Lower Styx Road, Brooklands

1 report on record since September 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/brooklands/870-lower-styx-road

## What gets reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8898456), 10 Sept 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8898456), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08898456/public/1_syta03c8ujcx.jpg

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

## Also reported on Lower Styx Road
- [947 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/947-lower-styx-road), 36 reports
- [995A Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/995a-lower-styx-road), 9 reports
- [1001 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/1001-lower-styx-road), 7 reports
- [952 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/952-lower-styx-road), 4 reports
- [1036 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/1036-lower-styx-road), 4 reports
- [986 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/986-lower-styx-road), 3 reports
- [909 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/909-lower-styx-road), 3 reports
- [1055 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/1055-lower-styx-road), 3 reports
- [Lower Styx Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/lower-styx-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4183&lon=172.6942&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4183&lon=172.6942&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4183&lon=172.6942&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4183&lon=172.6942&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.*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $920,000, land $610,000, improvements $310,000 · 83,692 m² · ref 21852/41200 · 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.*
- [Ouruhia Model School](https://www.chch.live/school/3464-ouruhia-model-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021
- [Belfast School](https://www.chch.live/school/3292-belfast-school), Primary 1-8, in force from Jan 2023
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [St Patrick's School (Kaiapoi)](https://www.chch.live/school/3540-st-patrick-s-school-kaiapoi), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [Kaiapoi High School](https://www.chch.live/school/314-kaiapoi-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2024

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, 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)
- **Up to 90% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 45% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 90% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 1987**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 1987 Lower Styx Flood Survey

### [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.

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 Lower Styx Road in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt.

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) 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).

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 870 Lower Styx Road?**

1 council report on record since September 2026, most often overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 870 Lower Styx Road zoned for?**

[Ouruhia Model School](https://www.chch.live/school/3464-ouruhia-model-school), [Belfast School](https://www.chch.live/school/3292-belfast-school), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [St Patrick's School (Kaiapoi)](https://www.chch.live/school/3540-st-patrick-s-school-kaiapoi), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [Kaiapoi High School](https://www.chch.live/school/314-kaiapoi-high-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.41827867986029,172.69424200081482)

**Which suburb is 870 Lower Styx Road in?**

Brooklands, Christchurch, on [Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/street/brooklands/lower-styx-road).

**What stood at 870 Lower Styx Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.41827867986029&lon=172.69424200081482)

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=brooklands&address=870-lower-styx-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Brooklands&street=lower-styx-road
