Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ahaura
49 new homes were consented in the Grey District council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. They also consented $12.7m of non-residential building work, down 56% on the year before. Below: 13 consents we hold in Ahaura, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Grey District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Grey District, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 107 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Grey District, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Offices$4m
−27% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
21 buildings · 6,386 m² new floor area · $566/m² new · +87% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $1,738/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 184 m² new floor area · $5,163/m² new · +139% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$979k
3 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $1,186/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$280k
1 building · 47 m² new floor area · $1,702/m² new · −98% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$180k
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $952/m² new · −49% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$67k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Ahaura
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 13 from 1 May 2020 to 1 May 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Fires and heating6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions3
typically $52k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $4,000
- New homes1
typically $4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $10kReplacement of multifuel space heater 1 Arnould Street, Ahaura
- $10kRemove old fire, install new woodsman coaster. 69 Granville Road, Totara Flat
13 consents
- Fires and heating$10k
Replacement of multifuel space heater
- Fires and heating$10k
Remove old fire, install new woodsman coaster.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman coaster multifuel fire with wetback
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fire & flue installation
- Alterations and additions$52k
New bathrm for disabled access, new kitchen design for disable access, other internal modifications, new heat pump
- Alterations and additions$280k
Existing dwg raised above q100 level 2x additions & detached dwgs
- New homes$4m
Rbw pbc e2e 14x new 2 storey dwgs. Lot 1 with 3 bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms lot 2 14 each with 2 bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms. New retaining walls & soakhole
- Fires and heating$5,000
Second hand Woodsman Strongman fire with new flue & two new windows to lounge area.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,000
Toilet ablution block (proposed lot 2)
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New kronos multifuel installation
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new yunca monte fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$79k
Construct an ideal gge outbuildings
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install new wetback woodsman strongman heater
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Suburbs in Ahaura
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ahaura?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 49 new homes consented in the Grey District council area, with $34.2m of residential and $12.7m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.