# 12 Alpha Avenue, Strowan

2 reports on record since August 2017 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/strowan/12-alpha-avenue

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

## Reported here
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3181314), 20 Mar 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/294684), 30 Aug 2017

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/294684), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00294684/0

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

## Also reported on Alpha Avenue
- [37 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/37-alpha-avenue), 10 reports
- [40 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/40-alpha-avenue), 7 reports
- [35 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/35-alpha-avenue), 4 reports
- [26 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/26-alpha-avenue), 4 reports
- [44 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/44-alpha-avenue), 3 reports
- [3 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/3-alpha-avenue), 3 reports
- [38 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/38-alpha-avenue), 2 reports
- [9 Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/strowan/9-alpha-avenue), 1 report
- [Alpha Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/alpha-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5092&lon=172.6078&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5092&lon=172.6078&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5092&lon=172.6078&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
- [Seletti Concept Store](https://www.chch.live/business/seletti-concept-store-strowan), 49 m away · Business
- [Elmwood Fish, Chips & Burgers](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-fish-chips-burgers-strowan), 50 m away · Fast food
- [Holmwood & Rossall Hair Dressing](https://www.chch.live/business/holmwood-rossall-hair-dressing-strowan), 52 m away · Hairdressers
- [Café Berlin](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-berlin-strowan), 55 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- Strowan Rd near Normans Rd, 168 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Strowan Rd near Lloyd St, 191 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

*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.*
- [Waimairi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3571-waimairi-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2025
- [St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)](https://www.chch.live/school/3537-st-patrick-s-school-bryndwr), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Fridays)

Bins go out Friday, 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 79% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 25% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 79% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the September 2010 earthquake**, [Liquefied in September 2010](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **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_

### What has been here
- **Streets with trees and plaques**, [Heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage) · Streets with trees and plaques _Not Listed · Significant · Operative_

### [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 Strowan ran about **$620 a week**, $70 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/strowan#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), 269 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 38 pieces
- [Plynlimon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1221-plynlimon-park), 343 m to the edge · Sports ground · 1 ha · playground, 53 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-388-strowan), 59 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-395-strowan), 81 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-320-bryndwr), 123 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-387-merivale), 123 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-360-strowan), 130 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 12 Alpha Avenue?**

2 council reports on record since August 2017, most often roading/streets (1), general request (1).

**What school is 12 Alpha Avenue zoned for?**

[Waimairi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3571-waimairi-school), [St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)](https://www.chch.live/school/3537-st-patrick-s-school-bryndwr), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian 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=-43.50916862369388,172.60781097402366)

**Which suburb is 12 Alpha Avenue in?**

Strowan, Christchurch, on [Alpha Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/alpha-avenue).

**What stood at 12 Alpha Avenue before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.50916862369388&lon=172.60781097402366)

**What is the nearest park to 12 Alpha Avenue?**

[Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), 269 m to its edge, 7 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=strowan&address=12-alpha-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Strowan&street=alpha-avenue
