# 37A Young Street, Somerfield

6 reports on record since November 2022 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/somerfield/37a-young-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 2
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8675171), 2 Aug 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7996498), 29 Mar 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7277718), 26 Nov 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3922231), 17 Nov 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2848337), 28 Nov 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2848200), 28 Nov 2022

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8675171), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08675171/public/1_tecm3kqqwhka.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7996498), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07996498/public/1_yg06bg52z6sf.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7277718), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07277718/public/1_wy0qj0bwaygg.jpg

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

## Also reported on Young Street
- [1 Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/1-young-street), 11 reports
- [8A Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/8a-young-street), 6 reports
- [28 Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/28-young-street), 4 reports
- [35A Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/35a-young-street), 3 reports
- [25 Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/25-young-street), 3 reports
- [18 Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/18-young-street), 3 reports
- [30 Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/30-young-street), 2 reports
- [17A Young Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/17a-young-street), 2 reports
- [Young Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/young-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5607&lon=172.6317&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5607&lon=172.6317&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5607&lon=172.6317&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.*

## 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
- [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), 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 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_

### 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
- **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_
- **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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 Young 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=young-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 [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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).

## What was here, MED Substation
*113 m away · 2E Woodard Terrace · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/251)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), 297 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 64 pieces
- [Ernle Clark Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1657-ernle-clark-reserve), 304 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Thorrington Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1312-thorrington-reserve), 388 m to the edge · playground, 23 pieces
- [Colombo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1447-colombo-reserve), 495 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [South Christchurch Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-32), 476 m away · Library · 66 Colombo St, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022
- [Beckenham Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-10), 497 m away · Service centre

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-474-somerfield), 60 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-486-somerfield), 165 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-463-somerfield), 269 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-490-cashmere), 311 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-508-cashmere), 311 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 37A Young Street?**

6 council reports on record since November 2022, most often water leak (2), pavement - damaged (2), pothole (1).

**What school is 37A Young Street zoned for?**

[Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo](https://www.chch.live/school/3506-somerfield-te-kura-wairepo), [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) 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=-43.56072549830415,172.63172079503772)

**Which suburb is 37A Young Street in?**

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

**What stood at 37A Young Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [MED Substation](https://www.chch.live/place/251).

**What is the nearest park to 37A Young Street?**

[Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), 297 m to its edge, 3 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=37a-young-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=young-street
