# 150 Racecourse Road, Sockburn

1 report on record since February 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sockburn/150-racecourse-road

## What gets reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7734877), 13 Feb 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7734877), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07734877/public/1_xvwjjdt8e3kz.jpg

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

## Also reported on Racecourse Road
- [3 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/3-racecourse-road), 27 reports
- [1 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-racecourse-road), 8 reports
- [118 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/118-racecourse-road), 7 reports
- [114 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/114-racecourse-road), 7 reports
- [82 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/82-racecourse-road), 6 reports
- [130 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/130-racecourse-road), 6 reports
- [88A Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/88a-racecourse-road), 5 reports
- [35 Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/35-racecourse-road), 5 reports
- [Racecourse Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/racecourse-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5311&lon=172.5507&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5311&lon=172.5507&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5311&lon=172.5507&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
- [Smoke 'n' Barrel Food Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/smoke-n-barrel-food-cart-broomfield), 188 m away · Fast food
- [Racecourse Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/racecourse-dairy-sockburn), 242 m away · Dairies & convenience
- [Avonhead Automotive](https://www.chch.live/business/avonhead-automotive-sockburn), 259 m away · Car repair
- [Carbine Lounge & Bar - The Racecourse Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/carbine-lounge-bar-the-racecourse-hotel-sockburn), 295 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The bus nearby
- Epsom Rd near Carbine Pl, 274 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Epsom Rd near Carbine Pl, 354 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Beckenham Neighbourhood Millennium Project Sponsors Involved](https://www.chch.live/plaque/36394-chokebore-reserve), 17 m away, “BECKENHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD MILLENNIUM PROJECT Sponsors involved ... September 30th 2000” · 2006

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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.*
- [Avonhead School](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2022
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_

### [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 Racecourse alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: Applies from 7am to 12 midnight, Saturday of Cup Week (New Zealand Cup Day).

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 Racecourse Road in 59 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 11 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Sockburn ran about **$566 a week**, $16 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sockburn#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, Dwelling and Setting, Chokebore Lodge
*29 m away · 148 Racecourse Road · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/188)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1791

## The green nearby
- [Chokebore Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1446-chokebore-reserve), 15 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Gloaming Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1841-gloaming-reserve), 214 m to the edge · playground, 27 pieces
- [Doncaster Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1820-doncaster-reserve), 319 m to the edge
- [Paparua Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), 352 m to the edge
- [Paparua Stream Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/988-paparua-stream-reserve-no-2), 389 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 150 Racecourse Road?**

1 council report on record since February 2026, most often overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 150 Racecourse Road zoned for?**

[Avonhead School](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school), [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), 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=-43.531058999299376,172.55068199974488)

**Which suburb is 150 Racecourse Road in?**

Sockburn, Christchurch, on [Racecourse Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/racecourse-road).

**What stood at 150 Racecourse Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, Chokebore Lodge](https://www.chch.live/place/188).

**What is the nearest park to 150 Racecourse Road?**

[Chokebore Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1446-chokebore-reserve), 15 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=150-racecourse-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=racecourse-road
