Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Blackmans
311 new homes were consented in the Central Otago District council area in the year to September 2026, up 2% on the year before. They also consented $63.3m of non-residential building work, up 44% on the year before. In the statistical area around Blackmans, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Blackmans, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Otago District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Blackmans’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Otago 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 409 in 2017.
New homes in Blackmans
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Blackmans sits in (Earnscleugh) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 3 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Central Otago 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$14.4m
2 buildings · 938 m² new floor area · $1,066/m² new · +1323% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$10.9m
14 buildings · 5,074 m² new floor area · $1,856/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Farm buildings$10.6m
62 buildings · 10,511 m² new floor area · $990/m² new · +90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$8.8m
10 buildings · 7,417 m² new floor area · $1,157/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.4m
4 buildings · 1,707 m² new floor area · $2,738/m² new · +825% on the year before
- Offices$4.7m
4 buildings · 1,030 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +138% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.7m
2 buildings · 445 m² new floor area · $8,315/m² new · −60% on the year before
- Education$2.5m
2 buildings · 364 m² new floor area · $2,266/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.3m
2 buildings · 162 m² new floor area · $6,790/m² new · −69% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$1m
1 building · 210 m² new floor area · $4,762/m² new · −33% on the year before
Consents on record in Blackmans
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jun 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 additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $436k
- Pools and spas1
typically $1,100
- Relocated buildings1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $450kNew four bdrm dwg with heating appliance 19 Fraser Dam Road
- $70kAdditions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached 24 Blackman Road
- $50kNew gge/carport with laundry outbuildings 17 Fraser Dam Road
- $7,000Install woodsman Tarras mark 2 fire to a domestic housing - detached 49 Hawley Road
18 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman Tarras mark 2 fire to a domestic housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$70k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
- New homes$450k
New four bdrm dwg with heating appliance
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New gge/carport with laundry outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
New gge/carport with laundry & storage room outbuildings
- New homes$422k
New two bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Metro xtreme rad freestanding heating unit - emissions housing - detached
- Relocated buildings$50k
Foundations & site works for a new relocated dwg
- Pools and spas$1,100
New pool fence ancillary
- Alterations and additions$95k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alterations to existing dwg (upgrade of facilities) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$10k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (bathrm) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$95k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg (reconfigure) housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a new woodsman fire
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Bathrm alt & new wet floor shower
- New homes$517k
New four bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge, ...
- New homes$358k
Demolish existing house & build new three-bdrm dwg, ...
- Alterations and additions$10k
Internal house alterations (windows & linings)
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Near Blackmans
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Blackmans?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 311 new homes consented in the Central Otago District council area, with $181m of residential and $63.3m 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.