# 231 Barrington Street, Somerfield

2 reports on record since June 2022 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/somerfield/231-barrington-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5441458), 21 Nov 2024
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/2448738), 29 Jun 2022

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5441458), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05441458/public/1_3dsesm8eob28.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/2448738), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02448738/public/1_zbiV5V1.jpg

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

## Also reported on Barrington Street
- [105 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/105-barrington-street), 30 reports
- [93 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/93-barrington-street), 11 reports
- [118 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/118-barrington-street), 10 reports
- [23 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/23-barrington-street), 9 reports
- [217b Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/217b-barrington-street), 9 reports
- [100 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/100-barrington-street), 8 reports
- [94 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/94-barrington-street), 7 reports
- [137 Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/137-barrington-street), 7 reports
- [Barrington Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/barrington-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5584&lon=172.6198&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5584&lon=172.6198&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5584&lon=172.6198&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
- [Hong Kong Star Chinese Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/hong-kong-star-chinese-takeaway-spreydon), 57 m away · Fast food
- [Hong Kong Star Chinese Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/hong-kong-star-chinese-takeaways-spreydon), 62 m away · Fast food
- [Milton Street Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/milton-street-takeaways-somerfield), 68 m away · Fast food
- [Curry Junction](https://www.chch.live/business/curry-junction-somerfield), 73 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Frankleigh St near Alvarez Pl](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11234), 89 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- [Barrington St near Strauss Pl](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=22442), 103 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)

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

## 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.*
- [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [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 Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two 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 76% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 23% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 76% 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_

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16)

### [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 Barrington Street in 51 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 12 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## 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
- [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), 229 m to the edge · Sports ground · 6 ha · playground, 122 pieces
- [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), 422 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 64 pieces

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Spreydon Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-28), 249 m away · Library · 266 Barrington St, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024
- [Sydenham Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-74), 276 m away · Cemetery

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), 14 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-406-spreydon), 24 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-450-spreydon), 103 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-446-spreydon), 369 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-469-somerfield), 398 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 231 Barrington Street?**

2 council reports on record since June 2022, most often water supply (1), roads - general (1).

**What school is 231 Barrington Street zoned for?**

[Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch) 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=-43.558382203268124,172.61976850542703)

**Which suburb is 231 Barrington Street in?**

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

**What stood at 231 Barrington Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.558382203268124&lon=172.61976850542703)

**What is the nearest park to 231 Barrington Street?**

[Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), 229 m to its edge, 6 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=231-barrington-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=barrington-street
