Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Earnscleugh
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 Earnscleugh, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 40 consents we hold in Earnscleugh, 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 Earnscleugh’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 Earnscleugh
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Earnscleugh 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 Earnscleugh
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 40 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 Jul 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 heating10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes8
typically $391k
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $66k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kNew two bdrm sleepout with bathrm housing - detached 374 Earnscleugh Road
- $10kNew freestanding firebird boiler 1031 Earnscleugh Road
- $7,500New firenzo viking fireplace housing - detached 139 Chapman Road
- $5,000Install new in-built fireplace housing - detached 196 Chapman Road
40 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new in-built fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$10k
New freestanding firebird boiler
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
New two bdrm sleepout with bathrm housing - detached
- Fires and heating$7,500
New firenzo viking fireplace housing - detached
- New homes$481k
New three bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$4,500
New freestanding fireplace housing - detached
- New homes$577k
New three bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Alterations to existing dwg (gge add) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$30k
New firebird eniromax systempac outdoor NZ 23kw diesel housing - detached
- Fires and heating$3,300
New metro wee rad fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
- New homes$1.2m
New three bdrm dwg with wine cellar & rumpus room housing - detached
- New homes$250k
New one bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$350k
Alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
- New homes$150k
New two bdrm dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$32k
Decommission existing septic tank, connect & install new housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace heating
- New homes$300k
New one bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new freestanding woodsman fire housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$106k
New shed (15.664m l x 10m w x 3.3m s) outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$130k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg (extension, housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$90k
Change of use (cou) 67%nbs upgrade western end of building housing - detached
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$9,000
Replace disposal field with existing septic tank & install housing - detached
- New homes$150k
New one bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install new blaze sirocco 20 wood burner onto an ash hearth
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Earnscleugh?
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.