# 5 Sowerby Place, Richmond Hill 2 reports on record since September 2024 · 2 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/richmond-hill/5-sowerby-place ## What gets reported here - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 2 ## Reported here - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5616457), 30 Dec 2024 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5177214), 23 Sept 2024 ## Photographed here (2 on record) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5616457), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05616457/public/1_5nh1nhthbh7d.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5177214), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05177214/public/1_vvq3y9vb1bf9.jpg [More photographs on the Richmond Hill wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=richmond-hill) ## The street it is on - [Sowerby Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/sowerby-place) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5761&lon=172.751&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5761&lon=172.751&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5761&lon=172.751&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: $1,350,000, land $600,000, improvements $750,000 · 920 m² · ref 22911/68900 · 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. ## Floor levels - **No flooding modelled for this rating unit**, Modelled flood levels: no flooding modelled in a 50-year event; no flooding modelled in a 200-year event These are modelled floor and flood levels from the council’s freeboard viewer, not a surveyed finished floor or a finding on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. ## 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.* - [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Sept 2006 - [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 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 ### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground) - **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Slope hazard: Low risk**, [Slope hazard](https://www.chch.live/slope) ### [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. 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 civic layer This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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 - [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), 68 m to the edge · Regional · 279 ha - [Sanscrit Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1444-sanscrit-reserve), 218 m to the edge · playground, 8 pieces - [Wakefield Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1022-wakefield-reserve-no-2), 417 m to the edge · 1 ha - [Wakefield Reserve No. 1](https://www.chch.live/park/1707-wakefield-reserve-no-1), 440 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 Richmond Hill](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-188-sumner), 410 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 5 Sowerby Place?** 2 council reports on record since September 2024, most often rubbish and bins - general (2). **What school is 5 Sowerby Place zoned for?** [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-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 Hagley Community College, 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=-43.57610949927361,172.75095549992895) **Which suburb is 5 Sowerby Place in?** Richmond Hill, Christchurch, on [Sowerby Place](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond-hill/sowerby-place). **What stood at 5 Sowerby Place before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57610949927361&lon=172.75095549992895) **What is the nearest park to 5 Sowerby Place?** [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), 68 m to its edge, 279 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=richmond-hill&address=5-sowerby-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Richmond%20Hill&street=sowerby-place