# 147 Esplanade, Scarborough

7 reports on record since January 2019 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/scarborough/147-esplanade

## What gets reported here
- Water Fountain, 1
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6868784), 9 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5665535), 8 Jan 2025
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5410563), 14 Nov 2024
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4049747), 21 Dec 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3710586), 18 Sept 2023
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3520459), 18 Jul 2023
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/584204), 4 Jan 2019

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6868784), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06868784/public/1_gum9lumnacqp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5665535), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05665535/public/1_j21vb4wm1c9.jpg
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/5410563), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05410563/public/1_on27419mpv8s.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4049747), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04048058/public/1_6r2dv7xkxr9o.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/584204), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00584204/0

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

## Also reported on Esplanade
- [147A Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/147a-esplanade), 4 reports
- [Esplanade, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/scarborough/esplanade)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.573&lon=172.7703&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.573&lon=172.7703&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.573&lon=172.7703&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
- [Scarborough Fare Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/scarborough-fare-cafe-sumner), 48 m away · Cafés
- [Ocean Cafe & Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/ocean-cafe-bar-sumner), 51 m away · Restaurants
- [C Views Beachfront Bed and Breakfast](https://www.chch.live/business/c-views-beachfront-bed-and-breakfast-sumner), 157 m away · B&Bs
- [Slipway Office - Sumner Boating & Fishing Club](https://www.chch.live/business/slipway-office-sumner-boating-fishing-club-scarborough), 209 m away · Harbour Master

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

## The bus nearby
- Nayland St near Head St, 306 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Nayland St near Head St, 324 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Scarborough Paddling Pool](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310858-paddling-pool-scarborough-pa), 20 m away, “Scarborough Paddling Pool / Rebuilt after being destroyed by the / 2011 earthquakes / Open…”
- [Scarborough Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310914-scarborough-park), 65 m away
- [Scarborough Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/114134-scarborough-park), 70 m away, “DEDICATED TO / CHARLES WILLIAM MORGAN / (dates illegible) / Remembered always / (lower lin…” · 2013

*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: $7,780,000, land $6,130,000, improvements $1,650,000 · 48,673 m² · ref 22920/76100 · 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.*
- [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)
- **Up to 97% 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, 97% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Sumner catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115
- **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2065**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 9 modelled scenarios, covering 2065–2130 (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5+, 1.5m SLR, RCP 4.5, RCP 8.5). Modelled depth up to 4.2 m. _Source: Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) Stage 2 Peer Review Panel Revision report_

### [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 Sumner Esplanade alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Every week from 7pm Thursday night to midnight Sunday night. New Year's Eve from 7pm on 31 December to 7am on 1 January.

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 Esplanade in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Scarborough ran about **$620 a week**, $70 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/scarborough#s-living).

## 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).

## What was here, Sumner Clock Tower and Setting
*89 m away · 147R Esplanade · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/439)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Scarborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1729-scarborough-park), you are in it · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces
- [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), 15 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- [Nicholson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1530-nicholson-park), 182 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 4 pieces
- [Whitewash Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1265-whitewash-reserve), 254 m to the edge · Regional · 9 ha
- [Bernie Hansen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1761-bernie-hansen-reserve), 306 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 Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 88 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 147 Esplanade?**

7 council reports on record since January 2019, most often water fountain (1), pavement - general (1), parks (1).

**What school is 147 Esplanade 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=-43.57303766321957,172.77034895496425)

**Which suburb is 147 Esplanade in?**

Scarborough, Christchurch, on [Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/street/scarborough/esplanade).

**What stood at 147 Esplanade before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Sumner Clock Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/439).

**What is the nearest park to 147 Esplanade?**

[Scarborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1729-scarborough-park), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=scarborough&address=147-esplanade · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Scarborough&street=esplanade
