# 40A Lyttelton Street, Somerfield

3 reports on record since July 2022 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/somerfield/40a-lyttelton-street

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4511291), 7 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4043545), 19 Dec 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2492387), 21 Jul 2022

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4511291), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04511291/public/1_4lwzsqakxtow.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4043545), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04043545/public/1_gauv0ox0drkf.jpg

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

## Also reported on Lyttelton Street
- [75 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/75-lyttelton-street), 126 reports
- [81 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/81-lyttelton-street), 56 reports
- [61 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/61-lyttelton-street), 29 reports
- [32 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/32-lyttelton-street), 24 reports
- [2 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/2-lyttelton-street), 17 reports
- [85 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/85-lyttelton-street), 16 reports
- [83 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/83-lyttelton-street), 16 reports
- [20 Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-lyttelton-street), 11 reports
- [Lyttelton Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/lyttelton-street)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5663&lon=172.6149&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5663&lon=172.6149&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5663&lon=172.6149&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5663&lon=172.6149&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [Plunge Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/plunge-cafe-somerfield), 79 m away · Cafés
- [Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/pioneer-recreation-and-sport-centre-somerfield), 80 m away · Sports centres

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

## The bus nearby
- [Lyttelton St near Conway St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11223), 42 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- [Lyttelton St near Conway St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11117), 76 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Loving Memory of / Ian Whitehead](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310854-pioneer-rec-and-sports-centre), 106 m away, “In Loving Memory of / Ian Whitehead / Ian was the source of ideas, / an inspirational lead…”

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $20,100,000, land $4,330,000, improvements $15,770,000 · 86,512 m² · ref 22612/54500 · 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.*
- [Hoon Hay Te Kura Koaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3379-hoon-hay-te-kura-koaka), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [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 82% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 19% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 82% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill: mixed fill with rubbish**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision
- **Built on fill: mixed fill with rubbish**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce

### What has been here
- **A listed activity is recorded on this land**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal (HAIL Group G) _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 Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Whanau Tahi**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m 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 Lyttelton Street in 33 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lyttelton-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).

## The green nearby
- [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park), you are in it · Sports ground · 10 ha · playground, 37 pieces
- [Hoon Hay Scouts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1218-hoon-hay-scouts-reserve), 230 m to the edge
- [Cashmere View Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1787-cashmere-view-playground), 367 m to the edge · playground, 15 pieces
- [Rydal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1708-rydal-reserve), 460 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Pioneer](https://www.chch.live/facility/recreation-centre-17), 59 m away · Recreation centre · 61 Lyttelton Street

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-414-somerfield), 196 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-425-somerfield), 339 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-409-spreydon), 372 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 40A Lyttelton Street?**

3 council reports on record since July 2022, most often roading/streets (1), graffiti somewhere else (1), graffiti (1).

**What school is 40A Lyttelton Street zoned for?**

[Hoon Hay Te Kura Koaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3379-hoon-hay-te-kura-koaka), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), [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=-43.566265390549034,172.61491954066196)

**Which suburb is 40A Lyttelton Street in?**

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

**What stood at 40A Lyttelton Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.566265390549034&lon=172.61491954066196)

**What is the nearest park to 40A Lyttelton Street?**

[Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park), the address is inside it, 10 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=40a-lyttelton-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=lyttelton-street
