# 15 Somes Road, Lyttelton

4 reports on record since April 2023.

https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/15-somes-road

## What gets reported here
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/3758226), 4 Oct 2023
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3562073), 1 Aug 2023
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3313817), 6 May 2023
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3249494), 14 Apr 2023

## Also reported on Somes Road
- [18 Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/18-somes-road), 7 reports
- [1 Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/1-somes-road), 5 reports
- [17 Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/17-somes-road), 3 reports
- [6 Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/6-somes-road), 1 report
- [2 Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-somes-road), 1 report
- [14 Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/14-somes-road), 1 report
- [Somes Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/lyttelton/somes-road)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5961&lon=172.7208&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5961&lon=172.7208&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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: $690,000, land $250,000, improvements $440,000 · 715 m² · ref 23801/60300 · 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.*
- [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from May 2014
- [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 (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

No mapped hazard, land record or district-plan zone covers this point.

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 Lyttelton ran about **$600 a week**, $50 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Banks Peninsula ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/banks-peninsula), the [Banks Peninsula community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/banks-peninsula) 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
- [Shackleton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1329-shackleton-reserve), 399 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-73), 281 m away · Cemetery

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 15 Somes Road?**

4 council reports on record since April 2023, most often damaged road (2), pothole (1), general request (1).

**What school is 15 Somes Road zoned for?**

[Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-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 St Anne's School (Woolston), Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), 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=-43.59609886327961,172.7207776885883)

**Which suburb is 15 Somes Road in?**

Lyttelton, Christchurch, on [Somes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/lyttelton/somes-road).

**What stood at 15 Somes Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.59609886327961&lon=172.7207776885883)

**What is the nearest park to 15 Somes Road?**

[Shackleton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1329-shackleton-reserve), 399 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=lyttelton&address=15-somes-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Lyttelton&street=somes-road
