# 49A Browns Road, Saint Albans

1 report on record since November 2024 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/49a-browns-road

## What gets reported here
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5450783), 23 Nov 2024

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5450783), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05450783/public/1_ni955mywy6n.jpg

[More photographs on the Saint Albans wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=saint-albans)

## Also reported on Browns Road
- [52 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/52-browns-road), 12 reports
- [36 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/36-browns-road), 7 reports
- [10 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/10-browns-road), 6 reports
- [75 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/75-browns-road), 5 reports
- [20 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/20-browns-road), 5 reports
- [1 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/1-browns-road), 5 reports
- [2 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/2-browns-road), 4 reports
- [12 Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans/12-browns-road), 4 reports
- [Browns Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/browns-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5088&lon=172.6254&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5088&lon=172.6254&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5088&lon=172.6254&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
- [Merivale Retirement Village](https://www.chch.live/business/merivale-retirement-village-saint-albans), 192 m away · Business
- [Haar Design](https://www.chch.live/business/haar-design-saint-albans), 282 m away · Hairdressers
- [Ataahua Wines](https://www.chch.live/business/ataahua-wines-saint-albans), 303 m away · Bottle stores
- [Nurse Maude Hospital](https://www.chch.live/business/nurse-maude-hospital-saint-albans), 305 m away · Hospital

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

## The bus nearby
- St Albans St near Donald Pl, 322 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- Springfield Rd near St Albans St, 395 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $21,850,000, land $11,100,000, improvements $10,750,000 · 14,623 m² · ref 22262/02500 · roll last edited May 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.*
- [St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3517-st-albans-catholic-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Albans School](https://www.chch.live/school/3518-st-albans-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [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
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Fridays)

Bins go out Friday, 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)
- **Up to 96% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 32% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 96% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_

### Water
- **This land flooded in 1986**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 1986 Storm Report (July)

### [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_

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 Browns Road in 11 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Saint Albans ran about **$514 a week**, $36 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Innes ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/innes), 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, Dwelling and Setting, Chippenham Lodge
*77 m away · 51 Browns Road · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/16)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1846

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 248 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-485-saint-albans), 375 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-475-saint-albans), 415 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-480-saint-albans), 447 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-459-saint-albans), 481 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 49A Browns Road?**

1 council report on record since November 2024, most often pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 49A Browns Road zoned for?**

[St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3517-st-albans-catholic-school-christchurch), [St Albans School](https://www.chch.live/school/3518-st-albans-school), [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-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), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, 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=-43.508849999373204,172.62539699968437)

**Which suburb is 49A Browns Road in?**

Saint Albans, Christchurch, on [Browns Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-albans/browns-road).

**What stood at 49A Browns Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, Chippenham Lodge](https://www.chch.live/place/16).

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=saint-albans&address=49a-browns-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Albans&street=browns-road
