# 43A Bucknell Street, Sockburn

2 reports on record since March 2016 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sockburn/43a-bucknell-street

## What gets reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1

## Reported here
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3776791), 9 Oct 2023
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/126460), 11 Mar 2016

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/126460), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00126460/0

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

## Also reported on Bucknell Street
- [3A Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/3a-bucknell-street), 7 reports
- [4A Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/4a-bucknell-street), 3 reports
- [37 Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/37-bucknell-street), 2 reports
- [35 Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/35-bucknell-street), 2 reports
- [27 Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/27-bucknell-street), 2 reports
- [5 Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/5-bucknell-street), 1 report
- [4 Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/4-bucknell-street), 1 report
- [20 Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/20-bucknell-street), 1 report
- [Bucknell Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/bucknell-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.53&lon=172.5548&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.53&lon=172.5548&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.53&lon=172.5548&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
- [Sharon Howells School of Dance](https://www.chch.live/business/sharon-howells-school-of-dance-sockburn), 253 m away · Dance studios
- [Yaldhurst Family Doctors Medical Practice](https://www.chch.live/business/yaldhurst-family-doctors-medical-practice-sockburn), 331 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Yaldhurst Mini Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/yaldhurst-mini-mart-sockburn), 364 m away · Dairies & convenience
- [Hornyak Smallgoods](https://www.chch.live/business/hornyak-smallgoods-sockburn), 366 m away · Butchers

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

## The bus nearby
- Yaldhurst Rd near Bucknell St, 332 m away · [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- Yaldhurst Rd near Nortons Rd, 361 m away · [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $730,000, land $470,000, improvements $260,000 · 932 m² · ref 23414/03300 · 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 · ground about 23.11 m NZVD2016 (22.38 m–23.56 m)

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.*
- [Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017
- [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)
- **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 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 Bucknell Street 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=bucknell-street&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).

## The green nearby
- [Doncaster Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1820-doncaster-reserve), 8 m to the edge
- [Iona Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1866-iona-reserve), 210 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces
- [Chokebore Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1446-chokebore-reserve), 309 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Gloaming Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1841-gloaming-reserve), 342 m to the edge · playground, 27 pieces
- [Colman Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/976-colman-reserve), 416 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-226-russley), 462 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 43A Bucknell Street?**

2 council reports on record since March 2016, most often parks (1), fallen tree (1).

**What school is 43A Bucknell Street zoned for?**

[Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), [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=-43.529986448968785,172.55475604982595)

**Which suburb is 43A Bucknell Street in?**

Sockburn, Christchurch, on [Bucknell Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/bucknell-street).

**What stood at 43A Bucknell Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.529986448968785&lon=172.55475604982595)

**What is the nearest park to 43A Bucknell Street?**

[Doncaster Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1820-doncaster-reserve), 8 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=43a-bucknell-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=bucknell-street
