# 5 Sumner Road, Lyttelton

2 reports on record since July 2021 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/5-sumner-road

## What gets reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6984202), 3 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1705062), 30 Jul 2021

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6984202), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06984202/public/1_09828svfjj8no.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1705062), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01705062/1_kHHOsr.jpeg

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

## Also reported on Sumner Road
- [6 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/6-sumner-road), 10 reports
- [4 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/4-sumner-road), 9 reports
- [61 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/61-sumner-road), 8 reports
- [59 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/59-sumner-road), 7 reports
- [1 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/1-sumner-road), 7 reports
- [2 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/2-sumner-road), 6 reports
- [29 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/29-sumner-road), 4 reports
- [10 Sumner Road](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/10-sumner-road), 4 reports
- [Sumner Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/lyttelton/sumner-road)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6029&lon=172.7235&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6029&lon=172.7235&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.*

## On the doorstep
- [Lyttelton Arts Factory (Laf)](https://www.chch.live/business/lyttelton-arts-factory-laf-lyttelton), 70 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- [Everest](https://www.chch.live/business/everest-lyttelton), 86 m away · Restaurants
- [Lyttelton Physiotherapy](https://www.chch.live/business/lyttelton-physiotherapy-lyttelton), 87 m away · Physio
- [Everest Indian Restaurant & Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/everest-indian-restaurant-takeaway-lyttelton), 89 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Oxford Street near Winchester Street, 75 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 155](https://www.chch.live/buses/155)
- Norwich Quay near Canterbury St, 226 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 155](https://www.chch.live/buses/155)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [These Gates Were Erected in Memory of Dr. E. H. Gilmour](https://www.chch.live/plaque/611-sumner-road-gardens), 47 m away, “THESE GATES WERE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF DR. E. H. GILMOUR M.B. CH.B 1920 - 1945” · 2008
- [Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the House](https://www.chch.live/plaque/607-sumner-road-gardens), 49 m away, “CANTERBURY CENTENARY 1850 1950 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOUSE ERECTED BY THE CANTERBURY ASSO…” · 2008
- [Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August](https://www.chch.live/plaque/602-sumner-road-gardens), 53 m away, “ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII AUGUST 9 1902” · 2008

*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: $12,400,000, land $1,450,000, improvements $10,950,000 · 9,275 m² · ref 23801/23400 · 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

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Lyttelton Primary 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 50 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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Sumner Road in 34 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 10 seriously hurt.

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

## 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).

## What was here, Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting
*18 m away · 5 Sumner Road · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/339)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7355

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*55 m away · 22 St Davids Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/359)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Court Queen of the Isles Foresters' Lodge Hall and Setting
*62 m away · 26 St Davids Street · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/360)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting
*71 m away · 28 St Davids Street · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/361)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*74 m away · 20 Oxford Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/437)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), 40 m to the edge
- [Baden Norris Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/971-baden-norris-reserve), 61 m to the edge
- [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), 74 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 4 pieces
- [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), 191 m to the edge · Regional · 26 ha
- [Albion Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1579-albion-square), 258 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 2 pieces

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Lyttelton Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-67), 139 m away · Cemetery
- [Lyttelton Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-9), 207 m away · Service centre
- [Lyttelton Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-37), 231 m away · Library · 29 Winchester St, Lyttelton 8082
- [Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-73), 403 m away · Cemetery

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 5 Sumner Road?**

2 council reports on record since July 2021, most often pothole (1), graffiti (1).

**What school is 5 Sumner 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=-43.60294264888235,172.72354209992477)

**Which suburb is 5 Sumner Road in?**

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

**What stood at 5 Sumner Road before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/339), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/359).

**What is the nearest park to 5 Sumner Road?**

[Sumner Road Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/977-sumner-road-gardens), 40 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=lyttelton&address=5-sumner-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Lyttelton&street=sumner-road
