# 17 Suffolk Street, Phillipstown

5 reports on record since April 2024 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/17-suffolk-street

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 4
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7472518), 2 Jan 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5988740), 7 Mar 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5980305), 6 Mar 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5392276), 11 Nov 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4530022), 11 Apr 2024

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7472518), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07472518/public/1_t1f7q705tzl9.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5988740), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05988740/public/1_rrutoga0psdi.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5980305), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05980305/public/1_evtqz3vafdb5.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5392276), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05392276/public/1_kc9uoxg0ax7v.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4530022), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04530022/public/1_ia8afzlk5ekr.jpg

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

## Also reported on Suffolk Street
- [23 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/23-suffolk-street), 22 reports
- [2 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/2-suffolk-street), 15 reports
- [24 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/24-suffolk-street), 9 reports
- [39 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/39-suffolk-street), 7 reports
- [36 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/36-suffolk-street), 6 reports
- [33 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/33-suffolk-street), 5 reports
- [6 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/6-suffolk-street), 4 reports
- [48 Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/48-suffolk-street), 4 reports
- [Suffolk Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/suffolk-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6609&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6609&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6609&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5345&lon=172.6609&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
- [Crisp & Vale Catering](https://www.chch.live/business/crisp-vale-catering-christchurch), 131 m away · Caterers
- [Inner City Pad](https://www.chch.live/business/inner-city-pad-phillipstown), 224 m away · Hostels
- [Tuam St Food Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/tuam-st-food-centre-phillipstown), 251 m away · Fast food
- [AquaGym Swim Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/aquagym-swim-centre-christchurch), 276 m away · Sports centres

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

## The bus nearby
- Tuam St near Nursery Rd, 197 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- Tuam St near England St, 201 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $490,000, land $360,000, improvements $130,000 · 363 m² · ref 22430/30303 · 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.*
- [Linwood Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3413-linwood-avenue-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Oct 2019
- [Te Aratai College (Year 7&8)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [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 (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, 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 59% 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, 59% 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_

### [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_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance 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 Suffolk Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Phillipstown ran about **$490 a week**, $60 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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 Waterworks Pumping Station and Setting, No. 1 Pumphouse
*175 m away · 544B Tuam Street · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/235)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3743

## The green nearby
- [Buccleugh Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/969-buccleugh-reserve), 198 m to the edge
- [Olliviers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1459-olliviers-reserve), 201 m to the edge · playground, 33 pieces
- [Welcome Rest](https://www.chch.live/park/1398-welcome-rest), 236 m to the edge
- [Hereford Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1122-hereford-playground), 279 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces
- [Essex Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1488-essex-reserve), 294 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 Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-67-phillipstown), 101 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-66-christchurch), 215 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-589-richmond), 308 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-65-christchurch), 347 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-77-phillipstown), 401 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 17 Suffolk Street?**

5 council reports on record since April 2024, most often dumped rubbish (4), water leak (1).

**What school is 17 Suffolk Street zoned for?**

[Linwood Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3413-linwood-avenue-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 7&8)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-7-8), [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 Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.53445752057788,172.66091695014387)

**Which suburb is 17 Suffolk Street in?**

Phillipstown, Christchurch, on [Suffolk Street](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/suffolk-street).

**What stood at 17 Suffolk Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Waterworks Pumping Station and Setting, No. 1 Pumphouse](https://www.chch.live/place/235).

**What is the nearest park to 17 Suffolk Street?**

[Buccleugh Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/969-buccleugh-reserve), 198 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=phillipstown&address=17-suffolk-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Phillipstown&street=suffolk-street
