# 511 Blenheim Road, Sockburn

1 report on record since August 2024.

https://www.chch.live/sockburn/511-blenheim-road

## What gets reported here
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/5025659), 19 Aug 2024

## Also reported on Blenheim Road
- [455 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/455-blenheim-road), 35 reports
- [572 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/572-blenheim-road), 16 reports
- [447 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/447-blenheim-road), 12 reports
- [451 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/451-blenheim-road), 9 reports
- [538 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/538-blenheim-road), 8 reports
- [503 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/503-blenheim-road), 7 reports
- [472 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/472-blenheim-road), 7 reports
- [455R Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/455r-blenheim-road), 7 reports
- [Blenheim Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/blenheim-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.5616&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.5616&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.5616&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5396&lon=172.5616&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
- [The Food Cube](https://www.chch.live/business/the-food-cube-sockburn), 81 m away · Cafés
- [Subway](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-sockburn), 169 m away · Fast food
- [2 CheapCars](https://www.chch.live/business/2-cheapcars-sockburn), 187 m away · Car dealers
- [Beers](https://www.chch.live/business/beers-sockburn), 354 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The bus nearby
- [Blenheim Rd near Cable St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=32030), 34 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- [Blenheim Rd near Watts Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=29874), 56 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $2,070,000, land $1,180,000, improvements $890,000 · 2,353 m² · ref 23412/55600 · 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.*
- [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)
- **Up to 81% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 8% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 81% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill: silt**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · Placed under engineering supervision, but with no NZS 4431 certificate · Subdivision

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year

### What has been here
- **A listed activity is recorded on this land**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Any other land that has been subject to the intentional or accidental release of a hazardous substance in sufficient quantity that it could be a risk to human health or the environment (HAIL Group I) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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 Blenheim Road in 122 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 people killed, 28 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=blenheim-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 [Halswell ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/halswell), 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
- [Sockburn Park](https://www.chch.live/park/963-sockburn-park), 451 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 2 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-230-sockburn), 109 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), 396 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 511 Blenheim Road?**

1 council report on record since August 2024, most often damaged street sign (1).

**What school is 511 Blenheim Road zoned for?**

[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, Aidanfield Christian School, 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=-43.53955919862349,172.56162189986912)

**Which suburb is 511 Blenheim Road in?**

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

**What stood at 511 Blenheim Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53955919862349&lon=172.56162189986912)

**What is the nearest park to 511 Blenheim Road?**

[Sockburn Park](https://www.chch.live/park/963-sockburn-park), 451 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=511-blenheim-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=blenheim-road
