# 17 Lancaster Street, Waltham

3 reports on record since May 2022 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/waltham/17-lancaster-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8493774), 29 Jun 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4385900), 7 Mar 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2360078), 17 May 2022

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8493774), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08493774/public/1_j09xnxpdv9f1.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4385900), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04385900/public/1_rrikmk9alp5.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2360078), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02360078/public/1_mtSWSwk.jpg

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

## Also reported on Lancaster Street
- [21 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/21-lancaster-street), 26 reports
- [7 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/7-lancaster-street), 7 reports
- [1 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/1-lancaster-street), 6 reports
- [2 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/2-lancaster-street), 5 reports
- [14 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/14-lancaster-street), 4 reports
- [11 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/11-lancaster-street), 4 reports
- [18 Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/18-lancaster-street), 2 reports
- [2B Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/2b-lancaster-street), 1 report
- [Lancaster Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/lancaster-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.54&lon=172.6537&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.54&lon=172.6537&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.54&lon=172.6537&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.54&lon=172.6537&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
- [GoodCars](https://www.chch.live/business/goodcars-waltham), 34 m away · Car dealers
- [The Car Bazar](https://www.chch.live/business/the-car-bazar-waltham), 38 m away · Car dealers
- [Chevron Quality Cars](https://www.chch.live/business/chevron-quality-cars-waltham), 47 m away · Car dealers
- [HVS Motors](https://www.chch.live/business/hvs-motors-waltham), 52 m away · Car dealers

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

## The bus nearby
- Ferry Rd near Lancaster St, 94 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Ferry Rd near Nursery Rd, 158 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Lancaster Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311003-lancaster-park), 126 m away · 1899
- [Christchurch City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310966-lancaster-park), 190 m away, “Christchurch City Council / Na te Honore Lianne Dalziel, Koromatua o Otautahi tenei rakau…” · 2021

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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 55% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 14% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 55% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [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 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 Lancaster Street in 15 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Waltham ran about **$463 a week**, $87 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/waltham#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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 Lancaster Park War Memorial Entrance Gates and Setting
*129 m away · 40A Stevens Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/225)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3735

## The green nearby
- [Cross Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1722-cross-reserve), 297 m to the edge · playground, 22 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 94 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-574-waltham), 253 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-570-christchurch-central-city), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-588-waltham), 256 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 17 Lancaster Street?**

3 council reports on record since May 2022, most often water leak (2), graffiti (1).

**What school is 17 Lancaster 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 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=-43.539968588648655,172.65372149632333)

**Which suburb is 17 Lancaster Street in?**

Waltham, Christchurch, on [Lancaster Street](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/lancaster-street).

**What stood at 17 Lancaster Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Lancaster Park War Memorial Entrance Gates and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/225).

**What is the nearest park to 17 Lancaster Street?**

[Cross Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1722-cross-reserve), 297 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=waltham&address=17-lancaster-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Waltham&street=lancaster-street
