# 55 Blighs Road, Strowan

7 reports on record since November 2019 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/strowan/55-blighs-road

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9017756), 2 Oct 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7341875), 8 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6829589), 1 Sept 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4389775), 8 Mar 2024
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2562178), 21 Aug 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/936686), 9 Jan 2020
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/886855), 23 Nov 2019

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9017756), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09017756/public/1_ib63s1fhirb.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7341875), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07341875/public/1_2k5p3a2x7vng.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6829589), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06829589/public/1_hhch9h21ljef.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4389775), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04389775/public/1_yj38wn5osqe.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2562178), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02562178/public/1_1u8axpwf3b2o.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/936686), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00936686/0_q7HEOo
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/886855), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00886855/0_7EYQGz

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

## Also reported on Blighs Road
- [120 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/120-blighs-road), 56 reports
- [68 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/68-blighs-road), 19 reports
- [131 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/131-blighs-road), 16 reports
- [1 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/1-blighs-road), 10 reports
- [135 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/135-blighs-road), 9 reports
- [121 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/121-blighs-road), 9 reports
- [88 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/88-blighs-road), 7 reports
- [115 Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/115-blighs-road), 7 reports
- [Blighs Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/blighs-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5042&lon=172.6023&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5042&lon=172.6023&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5042&lon=172.6023&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5042&lon=172.6023&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
- [Challenge](https://www.chch.live/business/challenge-strowan), 60 m away · Petrol stations
- [Blighs Road Auto Service](https://www.chch.live/business/blighs-road-auto-service-strowan), 82 m away · Car repair
- [Hao Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/hao-eatery-papanui), 107 m away · Restaurants
- [The Bellevue](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bellevue-papanui), 246 m away · Business

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

## The bus nearby
- Wairakei Rd near Blighs Rd, 372 m away · [route 17](https://www.chch.live/buses/17)
- Wairakei Rd near Blighs Rd, 375 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
- [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2025
- [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
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [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 51% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 8% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 51% 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_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Waimairi School**, [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 Blighs Road in 26 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## 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
- [Pitcairn Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1241-pitcairn-playground), 209 m to the edge · playground, 16 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-349-strowan), the line crosses here · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-340-bryndwr), 9 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-367-strowan), 242 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-373-strowan), 286 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-320-bryndwr), 350 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 55 Blighs Road?**

7 council reports on record since November 2019, most often roading/streets (2), trees - general (1), pavement - general (1).

**What school is 55 Blighs Road 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), [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-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), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-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=-43.504232696395704,172.60231503308432)

**Which suburb is 55 Blighs Road in?**

Strowan, Christchurch, on [Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/blighs-road).

**What stood at 55 Blighs Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.504232696395704&lon=172.60231503308432)

**What is the nearest park to 55 Blighs Road?**

[Pitcairn Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1241-pitcairn-playground), 209 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=strowan&address=55-blighs-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Strowan&street=blighs-road
