# 331 Blenheim Road, Upper Riccarton

2 reports on record since October 2025 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/331-blenheim-road

## What gets reported here
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7389872), 16 Dec 2025
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7069679), 20 Oct 2025

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7389872), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07389872/public/1_wvwexnwcy1c.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7069679), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07069679/public/1_65d61egcv1jx.jpg

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

## Also reported on Blenheim Road
- [260 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/260-blenheim-road), 14 reports
- [280 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/280-blenheim-road), 9 reports
- [401 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/401-blenheim-road), 8 reports
- [447 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/447-blenheim-road), 7 reports
- [367 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/367-blenheim-road), 6 reports
- [241 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/241-blenheim-road), 6 reports
- [5B/251 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/5b-251-blenheim-road), 5 reports
- [400 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/400-blenheim-road), 5 reports
- [Blenheim Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/blenheim-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.5802&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.5802&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.5802&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5389&lon=172.5802&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
- [Paddler Zone](https://www.chch.live/business/paddler-zone-upper-riccarton), 77 m away · Canoe
- [101 Stars Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/101-stars-motel-upper-riccarton), 110 m away · Hotels
- [Amber Park](https://www.chch.live/business/amber-park-upper-riccarton), 204 m away · Campgrounds
- [Alpha Motel Luxury Accommodation](https://www.chch.live/business/alpha-motel-luxury-accommodation-upper-riccarton), 209 m away · Motels

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

## The bus nearby
- Blenheim Rd near Penn Pl, 51 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- Blenheim Rd near Penn Pl, 107 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,940,000, land $1,130,000, improvements $810,000 · 2,094 m² · ref 22060/02400 · 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.*
- [Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, 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 47% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 4% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 47% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### [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 Middleton Grange 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.
- **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 Blenheim Road in 96 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 20 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Middleton
*242 m away · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/1)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1824

## The green nearby
- [Middleton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1435-middleton-park), 346 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-259-upper-riccarton), 10 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), 160 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-290-middleton), 256 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-289-middleton), 302 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-307-upper-riccarton), 369 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 331 Blenheim Road?**

2 council reports on record since October 2025, most often water general (1), poles and signage - general (1).

**What school is 331 Blenheim Road zoned for?**

[Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch) and [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), 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=-43.53886010622784,172.580183755718)

**Which suburb is 331 Blenheim Road in?**

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

**What stood at 331 Blenheim Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Dwelling and Setting, Middleton](https://www.chch.live/place/1).

**What is the nearest park to 331 Blenheim Road?**

[Middleton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1435-middleton-park), 346 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=331-blenheim-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=blenheim-road
