# 56 John Holmes Road, Halswell

2 reports on record since February 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/halswell/56-john-holmes-road

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1

## Reported here
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3830952), 23 Oct 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2147011), 14 Feb 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2147011), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02147011/1_E7th6d.jpg

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

## Also reported on John Holmes Road
- [46 John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/46-john-holmes-road), 3 reports
- [56R John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/56r-john-holmes-road), 2 reports
- [40 John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/40-john-holmes-road), 2 reports
- [54 John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/54-john-holmes-road), 1 report
- [5 John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-john-holmes-road), 1 report
- [48 John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/48-john-holmes-road), 1 report
- [30 John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/halswell/30-john-holmes-road), 1 report
- [John Holmes Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/john-holmes-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5666&lon=172.543&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5666&lon=172.543&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5666&lon=172.543&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5666&lon=172.543&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
- [Cafe Allwood](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-allwood-halswell), 290 m away · Cafés

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $780,000, land $330,000, improvements $450,000 · 380 m² · ref 23435/07709 · 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.*
- [Knights Stream School](https://www.chch.live/school/579-knights-stream-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Oct 2022
- [Oaklands Te Kura o Owaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3450-oaklands-te-kura-o-owaka), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), 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 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 74% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 12% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 74% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill: silt**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · 0.3 m deep · Certified to NZS 4431, the engineered-fill standard · Subdivision

### [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_

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 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
- [Carrs Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1215-carrs-reserve), 26 m to the edge · Sports ground · 13 ha
- [Carrs South Basin Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1220-carrs-south-basin-drainage-reserve), 370 m to the edge · 3 ha
- [Carrs North Basin Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1803-carrs-north-basin-drainage-reserve), 470 m to the edge · 4 ha

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 56 John Holmes Road?**

2 council reports on record since February 2022, most often roading/streets (1), fallen tree (1).

**What school is 56 John Holmes Road zoned for?**

[Knights Stream School](https://www.chch.live/school/579-knights-stream-school), [Oaklands Te Kura o Owaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3450-oaklands-te-kura-o-owaka), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13) and [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Aidanfield Christian School, 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=-43.566639953305526,172.54297303196415)

**Which suburb is 56 John Holmes Road in?**

Halswell, Christchurch, on [John Holmes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/john-holmes-road).

**What stood at 56 John Holmes Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.566639953305526&lon=172.54297303196415)

**What is the nearest park to 56 John Holmes Road?**

[Carrs Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1215-carrs-reserve), 26 m to its edge, 13 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=halswell&address=56-john-holmes-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=john-holmes-road
