# 2 Dobson Street, Somerfield

6 reports on record since January 2024 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/somerfield/2-dobson-street

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 6

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4836780), 1 Jul 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4817426), 25 Jun 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4493608), 3 Apr 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4230077), 2 Feb 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4222821), 1 Feb 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4102823), 5 Jan 2024

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4836780), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04836780/public/1_hbr3rko2zqcb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4817426), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04817426/public/1_54198uf77ee5.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4493608), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04493608/public/1_h9u2rzrhz77k.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4230077), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04230077/public/1_onq3ril2cti9.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4222821), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04222821/public/1_attrx56q2bgb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4102823), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04102823/public/1_dwr8r0gx0yhs.jpg

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

## Also reported on Dobson Street
- [6A Dobson Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/6a-dobson-street), 1 report
- [Dobson Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/dobson-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5548&lon=172.6248&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5548&lon=172.6248&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5548&lon=172.6248&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
- [Milton Street Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/milton-street-dairy-somerfield), 221 m away · Dairies & convenience
- [Challenge](https://www.chch.live/business/challenge-somerfield), 230 m away · Petrol stations
- [Riccarton Players](https://www.chch.live/business/riccarton-players-spreydon), 295 m away · Cinemas & theatres
- [The Laundry Basket](https://www.chch.live/business/the-laundry-basket-spreydon), 302 m away · Laundromats

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

## The bus nearby
- Milton St near Selwyn St, 113 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)
- Milton St near Simeon St, 132 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,050,000, land $1,030,000, improvements $20,000 · 1,063 m² · ref 22640/27600 · 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.*
- [Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo](https://www.chch.live/school/3506-somerfield-te-kura-wairepo), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2022
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, 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 95% 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, 95% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Somerfield ran about **$567 a week**, $17 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/somerfield#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon), 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).

## The green nearby
- [Cheviot Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1190-cheviot-reserve), 165 m to the edge
- [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), 378 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 64 pieces
- [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), 414 m to the edge · Sports ground · 6 ha · playground, 122 pieces

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Sydenham Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-74), 230 m away · Cemetery

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), 62 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-446-spreydon), 201 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-450-spreydon), 208 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-469-somerfield), 287 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-454-spreydon), 345 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 2 Dobson Street?**

6 council reports on record since January 2024, most often dumped rubbish (6).

**What school is 2 Dobson Street zoned for?**

[Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo](https://www.chch.live/school/3506-somerfield-te-kura-wairepo), [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, 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=-43.554785311625714,172.62484573169516)

**Which suburb is 2 Dobson Street in?**

Somerfield, Christchurch, on [Dobson Street](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/dobson-street).

**What stood at 2 Dobson Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.554785311625714&lon=172.62484573169516)

**What is the nearest park to 2 Dobson Street?**

[Cheviot Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1190-cheviot-reserve), 165 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=2-dobson-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=dobson-street
