# 296 Colombo Street, Sydenham 2 reports on record since October 2016 · 2 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/296-colombo-street ## What gets reported here - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8389300), 10 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/180197), 5 Oct 2016 ## Photographed here (2 on record) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8389300), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08389300/public/1_z1r5qek3kyhc.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/180197), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00180197/0 [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Colombo Street - [468 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/468-colombo-street), 71 reports - [300 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/300-colombo-street), 66 reports - [303 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/303-colombo-street), 64 reports - [504 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/504-colombo-street), 56 reports - [340 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/340-colombo-street), 52 reports - [406 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/406-colombo-street), 37 reports - [500 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/500-colombo-street), 36 reports - [420 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/420-colombo-street), 36 reports - [Colombo Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5493&lon=172.6369&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5493&lon=172.6369&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5493&lon=172.6369&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 - [The Cheesecake Shop - Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/business/the-cheesecake-shop-sydenham), 25 m away · Delis - [Spagalimis](https://www.chch.live/business/spagalimis-sydenham), 34 m away · Fast food - [Arjee Bhajee](https://www.chch.live/business/arjee-bhajee-sydenham), 36 m away · Fast food - [Super Liquor](https://www.chch.live/business/super-liquor-sydenham), 36 m away · Bottle stores *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Colombo St near Walton St, 3 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44) - Colombo St near Hastings St W, 47 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Sydenham Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310938-sydenham-park), 89 m away - [This Fountain Was Moved and Resited by the City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/29149-king-edward-lamp), 181 m away, “THIS FOUNTAIN WAS MOVED AND RESITED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF TH…” · 2009 *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: $4,910,000, land $2,890,000, improvements $2,020,000 · 4,335 m² · ref 22572/32400 · 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.* - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Mar 2017 - [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 (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: 24% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](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. ### [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. - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance 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 Colombo Street in 200 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 35 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=colombo-street&suburb=sydenham) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Sydenham ran about **$518 a week**, $32 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), 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, Former MED Substation and Setting *174 m away · 259 Milton Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/291)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting *183 m away · located to ±1 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/15)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *236 m away · 12 Drummond Street · located to ±7 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/57)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 24 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha - [Cadogan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1690-cadogan-reserve), 258 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces - [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek), 296 m to the edge - [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), 373 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 40 pieces - [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 436 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 12 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), 126 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 248 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 296 Colombo Street?** 2 council reports on record since October 2016, most often street gutters / storm water (1), graffiti (1). **What school is 296 Colombo Street zoned for?** [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-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 Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.549267239643704,172.63688577484365) **Which suburb is 296 Colombo Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/colombo-street). **What stood at 296 Colombo Street before?** The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Former MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/291), [King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/15). **What is the nearest park to 296 Colombo Street?** [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 24 m to its edge, 5 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=296-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=colombo-street