# 7 Chancery Lane, Christchurch Central City

3 reports on record since November 2016 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-chancery-lane

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/474168), 31 Jul 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/378379), 26 Feb 2018
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/195949), 23 Nov 2016

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/474168), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00474168/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/378379), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00378379/0
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/195949), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00195949/0

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## The street it is on
- [Chancery Lane, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chancery-lane)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.531&lon=172.6352&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.531&lon=172.6352&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.531&lon=172.6352&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
- [Christchurch Tram](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-tram-christchurch-central-city), 44 m away · Ticket
- [Scoff & Quaff Tours](https://www.chch.live/business/scoff-quaff-tours-christchurch-central-city), 76 m away · Attractions
- [Kim's World](https://www.chch.live/business/kim-s-world-christchurch-central-city), 80 m away · Attractions
- [Cathedral Square Chess Set](https://www.chch.live/business/cathedral-square-chess-set-christchurch-central-city), 80 m away · Attractions

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53163), 238 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53171), 239 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally Dedicated on 9 June 1937](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310988-godley-statue-reserve), 96 m away, “Citizens’ War Memorial / Originally dedicated on 9 June 1937 / Damaged by the Canterbury E…” · 2023
- [The Combined Services / service Crests / Navy](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310989-godley-statue-reserve), 97 m away, “THE COMBINED SERVICES / service crests / NAVY / NEW ZEALAND ARMY / AIR FORCE / MERCHANT…” · 2023
- [Christchurch and Antarctica — Gateway City Historical Plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63187-scott-statue-reserve), 125 m away, “CHRISTCHURCH AND ANTARCTICA — gateway city historical plaque” · 2009

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

## 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.*
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays
- Red bin, Daily

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### [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 Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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 Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office
*65 m away · 1 Cathedral Square · located to ±33 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/297)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting
*69 m away · 105 Cathedral Square · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/29)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3666

## What was here, Citizens' War Memorial and Setting
*101 m away · 99 Cathedral Square · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/548)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Public Trust Building
*103 m away · 152 Oxford Terrace · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/502)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Midland Club and Setting
*108 m away · 176 Oxford Terrace · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/173)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3123

## The green nearby
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 49 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 114 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 116 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 155 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 193 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 189 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 258 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 292 m away · Council office
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 333 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 364 m away · Car park
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 437 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 441 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 1 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 102 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-499-christchurch-central-city), 132 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 163 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 175 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 7 Chancery Lane?**

3 council reports on record since November 2016, most often graffiti (2), water supply (1).

**What school is 7 Chancery Lane zoned for?**

[Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-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=-43.53095685523184,172.63515068648573)

**Which suburb is 7 Chancery Lane in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Chancery Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/chancery-lane).

**What stood at 7 Chancery Lane before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office](https://www.chch.live/place/297), [Godley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/29).

**What is the nearest park to 7 Chancery Lane?**

[Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 49 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=7-chancery-lane · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=chancery-lane
