# 551 Summit Road, Sumner

6 reports on record since March 2022 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sumner/551-summit-road

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/5228613), 6 Oct 2024
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4392529), 9 Mar 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3409229), 9 Jun 2023
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/2926993), 28 Dec 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2333980), 5 May 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2241431), 24 Mar 2022

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/5228613), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05228613/public/1_0qy61zmqfwbaw.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4392529), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04392529/public/1_6bfvzmgieh5d.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2333980), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02333980/public/1_rA6k2am.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2241431), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02241431/1_QbtkMm.jpg

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

## Also reported on Summit Road
- [450 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/450-summit-road), 20 reports
- [575 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road), 11 reports
- [491 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/491-summit-road), 7 reports
- [2 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-summit-road), 7 reports
- [22–300 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/22%E2%80%93300-summit-road), 6 reports
- [1020 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/1020-summit-road), 6 reports
- [503 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/503-summit-road), 5 reports
- [497–547 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/497%E2%80%93547-summit-road), 4 reports
- [Summit Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/summit-road)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5946&lon=172.7481&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5946&lon=172.7481&decade=1970_1974), 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.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Rapanui Bush plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/86092-rapanui-bush), 93 m away, “(illegible – dual plaques on boulder)” · 1998

*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: $1,240,000, land $1,220,000, improvements $20,000 · 1,166,851 m² · ref 23802/61800 · 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.*
- [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from May 2014
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, not collected here
- Red bin, not collected here

## What the land record says

No mapped hazard, land record or district-plan zone covers this point.

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 Summit Road in 25 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 9 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Banks Peninsula ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/banks-peninsula), the [Banks Peninsula community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/banks-peninsula) 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
- [Rapanui Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1163-rapanui-bush), 79 m to the edge · Regional · 2 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), 21 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-189-sumner), 107 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-190-sumner), 152 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-188-sumner), 218 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 551 Summit Road?**

6 council reports on record since March 2022, most often roading/streets (2), street cleaning (1), pothole (1).

**What school is 551 Summit Road zoned for?**

[Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of St Anne's School (Woolston), Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), 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=-43.594634011642164,172.74813583287846)

**Which suburb is 551 Summit Road in?**

Sumner, Christchurch, on [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/summit-road).

**What stood at 551 Summit Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.594634011642164&lon=172.74813583287846)

**What is the nearest park to 551 Summit Road?**

[Rapanui Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1163-rapanui-bush), 79 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sumner&address=551-summit-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=summit-road
