# 23 Ilam Road, Upper Riccarton

6 reports on record since June 2018 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/23-ilam-road

## What gets reported here
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 2
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8842936), 1 Sept 2026
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8736488), 13 Aug 2026
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8561022), 12 Jul 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/2827787), 21 Nov 2022
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/2822312), 19 Nov 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/447094), 15 Jun 2018

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8842936), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08842936/public/1_ys9sludizpby.jpg
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8736488), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08736488/public/1_spqkfdynt1d.jpg
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8561022), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08561022/public/1_bx7t1bj2idpc.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/447094), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00447094/0

[More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Also reported on Ilam Road
- [39 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39-ilam-road), 48 reports
- [54 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/54-ilam-road), 17 reports
- [46 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/46-ilam-road), 17 reports
- [11 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11-ilam-road), 15 reports
- [35 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/35-ilam-road), 14 reports
- [2 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/2-ilam-road), 13 reports
- [45 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-ilam-road), 12 reports
- [47 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/47-ilam-road), 11 reports
- [Ilam Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/ilam-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5296&lon=172.5798&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5296&lon=172.5798&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5296&lon=172.5798&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
- [Takurua Vets](https://www.chch.live/business/takurua-vets-upper-riccarton), 174 m away · Vets
- [306 Aspire on Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/business/306-aspire-on-riccarton-upper-riccarton), 175 m away · Motels
- [306 Motel Apartments](https://www.chch.live/business/306-motel-apartments-upper-riccarton), 178 m away · Motels
- [Sexual Health Clinic](https://www.chch.live/business/sexual-health-clinic-upper-riccarton), 189 m away · Doctors & clinics

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

## The bus nearby
- Ilam Rd near Kirkwood Ave, 56 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- Riccarton Rd near Field Tce, 201 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $900,000, land $870,000, improvements $30,000 · 826 m² · ref 21901/68800 · 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.*
- [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2002
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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 5% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 1% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 5% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_

### [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 Riccarton-Ilam 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 Ilam Road in 33 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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
- [Milnebank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1011-milnebank-reserve), 184 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), 274 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- [Middleton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1435-middleton-park), 499 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · 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 Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-294-ilam), 11 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-284-upper-riccarton), 195 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-298-riccarton), 195 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton), 470 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-295-ilam), 495 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 23 Ilam Road?**

6 council reports on record since June 2018, most often accessibility (2), rubbish/recycling (1), pothole (1).

**What school is 23 Ilam Road zoned for?**

[Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.52956289257144,172.5798056869778)

**Which suburb is 23 Ilam Road in?**

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/ilam-road).

**What stood at 23 Ilam Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52956289257144&lon=172.5798056869778)

**What is the nearest park to 23 Ilam Road?**

[Milnebank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1011-milnebank-reserve), 184 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=23-ilam-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=ilam-road
