Dear J Coburn

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your request for information regarding
the 2010 Rating Valuations. This has been referred to Paul Anderson for
response.

Regards
Judy Rennie
PA to Paul Anderson, General Manager
Corporate Services

DDI: (+64 3) 941 8528
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Web: www.ccc.govt.nz
Christchurch City Council
Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
PO Box 73016, Christchurch, 8154

Please consider the environment before printing this email

**********************************************************************
This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.

The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender
and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council.

If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the
sender and delete.

Christchurch City Council
http://www.ccc.govt.nz
**********************************************************************

Attention: J Coburn

Thank you for your email requesting the release of the 2010 property
rating valuation roll/data held by the Christchurch City Council.
Unfortunately the information you are seeking does not exist. The
three-yearly revaluation of all property in Christchurch was underway
when the 4 September earthquake hit. The revaluation was a mass
appraisal process as required by the Rating Valuation Act. During a mass
appraisal valuation, rather than Council's valuers carrying out 160,000
individual valuations, they create a series of indices, based on sales
data and a number of variables. These are then applied to individual
properties to generate the new rating values. So although the planned
valuation had a notional date of 1 August, actual values were not
expected to be available until November.

When the September 2010 earthquake struck the valuers were working on
the indices. Because of the widespread property damage Council
instructed our valuers to cease work on the valuation because the
results would have been meaningless and could not have gained the
approval of the Valuer General. At the time work ceased, work had not
progressed to a stage where values were proposed for individual
properties or submitted to the Valuer General for his review and
approval.

Regards

Paul Anderson
General Manager
Corporate Services
DDI: 03 941 8540
Fax: 03 941 8811
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Web: www.ccc.govt.nz <http://www.ccc.govt.nz/>
Christchurch City Council
Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
PO Box 73016, Christchurch, 8154

Please consider the environment before printing this email

**********************************************************************
This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.

The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender
and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council.

If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the
sender and delete.

Christchurch City Council
http://www.ccc.govt.nz
**********************************************************************