# 2 John Britten Lane, Riccarton

1 report on record since December 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/2-john-britten-lane

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

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7445560), 28 Dec 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7445560), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07445560/public/1_ytjsjrri6na.jpg

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

## Also reported on John Britten Lane
- [10 John Britten Lane](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/10-john-britten-lane), 1 report
- [John Britten Lane, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/john-britten-lane)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6118&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6118&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6118&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
- [The Towers on the Park](https://www.chch.live/business/the-towers-on-the-park-riccarton), 28 m away · Hotels
- [Chateau on the Park - Christchurch, a DoubleTree by Hilton](https://www.chch.live/business/chateau-on-the-park-christchurch-a-doubletree-by-hilton-riccarton), 89 m away · Hotels
- [The Garden Court Brasserie - The Chateau on the Park](https://www.chch.live/business/the-garden-court-brasserie-the-chateau-on-the-park-riccarton), 106 m away · Restaurants
- [The Chateau on the Park - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/the-chateau-on-the-park-doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-riccarton), 114 m away · Hotels

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

## The bus nearby
- Kilmarnock St near Deans Ave, 56 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Kilmarnock St near Deans Ave, 65 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [The Dynes Memorial Gates / Erected by Martha Dynes Gray](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75827-hagley-park-north), 188 m away, “THE DYNES MEMORIAL GATES / ERECTED BY MARTHA DYNES GRAY / IN MEMORY OF HER FATHER / WILLIA…” · 2009
- [Hagley Park South plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72275-hagley-park-south), 245 m away · 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: $1,370,000, land $460,000, improvements $910,000 · 1,150 m² · ref 22015/43408 · 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.*
- [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2002
- [St Teresa's School (Riccarton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3543-st-teresa-s-school-riccarton), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [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
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, 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 63% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 63% 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_
- **Built on fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce

### [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.

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 Riccarton ran about **$544 a week**, about the city median, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/riccarton#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), 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).

## What was here, Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.
*199 m away · 5 Matai Street East · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/298)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Dwellling and Setting
*236 m away · 20 Mona Vale Avenue · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/557)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 131 m to the edge · Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 343 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), 379 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- [Mandeville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1739-mandeville-reserve), 485 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 Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-327-fendalton), 57 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-420-christchurch-central-city), 85 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-417-christchurch-central-city), 95 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-421-christchurch-central-city), 157 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-362-riccarton), 179 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 2 John Britten Lane?**

1 council report on record since December 2025, most often water leak (1).

**What school is 2 John Britten Lane zoned for?**

[Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), [St Teresa's School (Riccarton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3543-st-teresa-s-school-riccarton), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-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) and [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), 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=-43.52721019051119,172.61183112905175)

**Which suburb is 2 John Britten Lane in?**

Riccarton, Christchurch, on [John Britten Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/john-britten-lane).

**What stood at 2 John Britten Lane before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.](https://www.chch.live/place/298), [Dwellling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/557).

**What is the nearest park to 2 John Britten Lane?**

[Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), 131 m to its edge, 91 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=2-john-britten-lane · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=john-britten-lane
