# 381 Sparks Road, Halswell

11 reports on record since January 2023 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/381-sparks-road

## What gets reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation) — 2
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks) — 1
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 1

## Reported here
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7220235) — 16 Nov 2025
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6691450) — 3 Aug 2025
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6472044) — 13 Jun 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5396424) — 11 Nov 2024
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4376954) — 5 Mar 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4232306) — 2 Feb 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3409152) — 9 Jun 2023
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3388853) — 2 Jun 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3318054) — 8 May 2023
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3197320) — 26 Mar 2023

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7220235) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07220235/public/1_g4gmrmb5ka89.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6691450) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06691450/public/1_198509v2licq.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6472044) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06472044/public/1_p1winuu704do.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5396424) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05396424/public/1_hu2weccfimm.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4376954) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04376954/public/1_vx0uw3goefmf.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4232306) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04232306/public/1_p5m95u3noz6.jpg

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

## Also reported on Sparks Road
- [270 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/270-sparks-road) — 19 reports
- [246 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/246-sparks-road) — 18 reports
- [388 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/388-sparks-road) — 8 reports
- [376 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/376-sparks-road) — 8 reports
- [458 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/458-sparks-road) — 6 reports
- [330A Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/330a-sparks-road) — 6 reports
- [469 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/469-sparks-road) — 5 reports
- [302 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/302-sparks-road) — 5 reports
- [Sparks Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/sparks-road)

## On the doorstep
- [Banbury Park Village](https://www.chch.live/business/banbury-park-village-halswell) — 330 m away · Business

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

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Sparks Road in 29 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 person killed, 4 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Halswell ran about **$697 a week** — $147 above the city median of $550 — [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/halswell#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Halswell ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/halswell) — the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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
- [Milns Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1369-milns-drainage-reserve) — 51 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Milns Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1896-milns-reserve) — 285 m to the edge
- [John Olliver Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1873-john-olliver-reserve) — 304 m to the edge · 2 ha
- [Six Silvers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1517-six-silvers-reserve) — 330 m to the edge · playground — 3 pieces
- [Sparks Road Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1087-sparks-road-landscape-reserve) — 381 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-279-halswell) — 343 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 381 Sparks Road?**

11 council reports on record since January 2023 — most often overgrown vegetation (2), graffiti (2), water general (1).

**Which suburb is 381 Sparks Road in?**

Halswell, Christchurch — on [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/sparks-road).

**What stood at 381 Sparks Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.578771810508016&lon=172.58238415090435)

**What is the nearest park to 381 Sparks Road?**

[Milns Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1369-milns-drainage-reserve) — 51 m to its edge, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=381-sparks-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=sparks-road
