# 7 Buchanans Road, Sockburn 1 report on record since March 2025. https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7-buchanans-road ## What gets reported here - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6091694), 26 Mar 2025 ## Also reported on Buchanans Road - [2 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-buchanans-road), 7 reports - [29 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/29-buchanans-road), 5 reports - [7C Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7c-buchanans-road), 4 reports - [15 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/15-buchanans-road), 3 reports - [6 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/6-buchanans-road), 2 reports - [10 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/10-buchanans-road), 2 reports - [9-11 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/9-11-buchanans-road), 1 report - [9 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/9-buchanans-road), 1 report - [Buchanans Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/buchanans-road) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5472&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5472&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5472&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5472&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 - [Blackwells](https://www.chch.live/business/blackwells-sockburn), 84 m away · Car dealers - [South Island Filter Cleaning Specialists](https://www.chch.live/business/south-island-filter-cleaning-specialists-sockburn), 155 m away · Car repair - [npd](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-sockburn), 192 m away · Petrol stations - [Transgear](https://www.chch.live/business/transgear-sockburn), 195 m away · Car repair *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Buchanans Rd near Racecourse Rd, 264 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130) - Epsom Rd near Middlepark Rd, 304 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $14,250,000, land $8,120,000, improvements $6,130,000 · 26,601 m² · ref 23422/26729 · 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.* - [Hornby Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3380-hornby-primary-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from May 2017 - [Hornby High School Years 7-8](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019 - [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026 - [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019 ## 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 4% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 4% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Built on fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · Placed under engineering supervision, but with no NZS 4431 certificate ### What has been here - **2 listed activities are recorded on this land**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Vehicle refuelling, service and repair (HAIL Group F) · Chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage (HAIL Group A) _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_ - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance of this site. 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 Buchanans Road in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=buchanans-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 [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), 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 - [Paparua Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), 378 m to the edge - [Paparua Stream Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/988-paparua-stream-reserve-no-2), 439 m to the edge - [Buchanans Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1832-buchanans-reserve), 499 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-228-hornby), 18 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-215-hornby), 37 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-227-hornby), 395 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), 460 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 7 Buchanans Road?** 1 council report on record since March 2025, most often roads - general (1). **What school is 7 Buchanans Road zoned for?** [Hornby Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3380-hornby-primary-school), [Hornby High School Years 7-8](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-7-8), [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories) and [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), 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=-43.537474999482995,172.54723200050128) **Which suburb is 7 Buchanans Road in?** Sockburn, Christchurch, on [Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/buchanans-road). **What stood at 7 Buchanans Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.537474999482995&lon=172.54723200050128) **What is the nearest park to 7 Buchanans Road?** [Paparua Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1477-paparua-stream-reserve), 378 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sockburn&address=7-buchanans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=buchanans-road