Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Bridge Hill
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 Bridge Hill, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 122 consents we hold in Bridge Hill, 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 Bridge Hill’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 Bridge Hill
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Bridge Hill sits in (Alexandra South) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 houses, 1 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 Bridge Hill
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 122 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating30
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions24
3 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $106k
- New homes7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Pools and spas2
typically $5,750
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $40k
- Multiple homes1
typically $750k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mNew three-bdrm 2 level dwg with attached dbl gge 17C Earnscleugh Road
- $250kAdditions & alterations to existing bdrm wing including 26 Old Golf Course Road
- $113kInternal alterations to existing dwg (convert gge to housing - detached) 4 Earnscleugh Road
- $50kNew gge with lift connecting to upper deck 23 Earnscleugh Road
- $14kAdditions to existing dwg (deck) housing - detached 3 Hawkdun Place
122 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New gge with lift connecting to upper deck
- Garages, sheds and carports$113k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (convert gge to housing - detached)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$500
Internal alterations to existing dwg (toilet)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of metro smart insert wood burner with zero
- Fires and heating$5,000
Instal new free-standing woodburner.
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$6,600
Install a new heating appliance
- Fires and heating$5,000
Instal new free-standing wood-burner
- Alterations and additions$250k
Additions & alterations to existing bdrm wing including
- New homes$2m
New three-bdrm 2 level dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install a new heating appliance
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a new masport le4000 inbuilt woodburner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$14k
Additions to existing dwg (deck) housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
New metro wee rad leg fireplace housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Instal new free-standing woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Instal new freestanding wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New four bay shed outbuildings
- Fires and heating$5,000
New diesel heater housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$15k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (bdrm) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$65k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (reconfigure). New housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Internal alterations to existing dwg (bathrm) housing - detached
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Repair to existing dwg (foundation) housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
New metro wee rad leg fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install a new firebird boiler
- Fires and heating$5,000
New woodsman flare fireplace housing - detached
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Bridge Hill?
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.