# 69 Sparks Road, Ilam

1 report on record since December 2023.

https://www.chch.live/ilam/69-sparks-road

## What gets reported here
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/3998083), 7 Dec 2023

## The street it is on
- [Sparks Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/ilam/sparks-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5187&lon=172.5898&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5187&lon=172.5898&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5187&lon=172.5898&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
- [Wild Bean Cafe - BP Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/business/wild-bean-cafe-bp-fendalton-ilam), 5 m away · Cafés
- [BP Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-fendalton-ilam), 7 m away · Petrol stations
- [BP Connect](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-connect-ilam), 32 m away · Dairies & convenience
- [BP](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-ilam), 34 m away · Car washes

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

## The bus nearby
- Clyde Rd near Fendalton Rd, 134 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120)
- Fendalton Rd near Waiwetu St, 177 m away · [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Fendalton Plunket Rooms This Stone Was Laid by Mr Cecil](https://www.chch.live/plaque/40350-fendalton-park), 174 m away, “FENDALTON PLUNKET ROOMS THIS STONE WAS LAID BY MR CECIL WOOD 16TH MARCH 1946” · 2009
- [In This Park Are Oak Trees Sourced by L. T. K. and Olive](https://www.chch.live/plaque/40106-ltk-allison-memorial), 239 m away, “IN THIS PARK ARE OAK TREES SOURCED BY L. T. K. AND OLIVE ALLISON WHICH ORIGINATE FROM QUER…” · 2009

*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: $4,890,000, land $3,290,000, improvements $1,600,000 · 3,544 m² · ref 21902/39100 · 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.*
- [Tuora Fendalton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3338-tuora-fendalton-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christ The King (Burnside)](https://www.chch.live/school/3316-christ-the-king-burnside), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2025
- [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
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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 13% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 6% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 13% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **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_

### 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

### What has been here
- **A listed activity is recorded on this land**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Vehicle refuelling, service and repair (HAIL Group F) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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 Riccarton-Ilam 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 Tūora Fendalton School**, [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).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Ilam ran about **$548 a week**, about the city median, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/ilam#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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
- [Fendalton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1051-fendalton-park), 154 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [Otara Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/926-otara-reserve), 332 m to the edge
- [Jeffreys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1704-jeffreys-reserve), 479 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 59 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-328-ilam), 48 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-331-fendalton), 55 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-332-fendalton), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-334-fendalton), 331 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Ilam](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-329-ilam), 355 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 69 Sparks Road?**

1 council report on record since December 2023, most often accessibility (1).

**What school is 69 Sparks Road zoned for?**

[Tuora Fendalton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3338-tuora-fendalton-school), [Christ The King (Burnside)](https://www.chch.live/school/3316-christ-the-king-burnside), [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-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), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.51866149843703,172.58975219782548)

**Which suburb is 69 Sparks Road in?**

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

**What stood at 69 Sparks Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51866149843703&lon=172.58975219782548)

**What is the nearest park to 69 Sparks Road?**

[Fendalton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1051-fendalton-park), 154 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=ilam&address=69-sparks-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Ilam&street=sparks-road
