Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Albury
112 new homes were consented in the Mackenzie District council area in the year to September 2026, up 62% on the year before. They also consented $16.8m of non-residential building work, down 54% on the year before. Below: 6 consents we hold in Albury, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Mackenzie District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Mackenzie 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 157 in 2019.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Mackenzie 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.
- Hotels and motels$12.4m
1 building · 213 m² new floor area · $3,756/m² new · +1746% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
22 buildings · 3,806 m² new floor area · $781/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Offices$916k
1 building · 408 m² new floor area · $2,132/m² new · +123% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$270k
1 building · 250 m² new floor area · $480/m² new · −68% on the year before
- Education$150k
−99% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$136k
−72% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10k
−83% on the year before
Consents on record in Albury
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Nov 2021 to 20 Apr 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.
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $118k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $120k
- Fires and heating1
typically $1,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $120kNew workshop 102 Mt Nessing Road, Albury
- $45kAlterations 14 Besley Lane, Albury
6 consents
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations
- Commercial alterations$120k
New workshop
- Fires and heating$1,500
Replacing 1 x log burner in the same position as the old
- Alterations and additions$118k
To erect a steel framed building, 16m x 10m with a 4.2m eave outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$288k
Add additional bdrm, living, bathrm & laundry to housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a new metro fire log burner heating
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Albury
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Albury?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 112 new homes consented in the Mackenzie District council area, with $61.7m of residential and $16.8m 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.