Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Galloway
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 Galloway, 51 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 23 consents we hold in Galloway, 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 Galloway’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 Galloway
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Galloway sits in (Dunstan-Galloway) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 30 houses, 3 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 18 retirement village units.
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 Galloway
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 23 from 1 Sep 2019 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.
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $176k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Alterations and additions2
typically $14k
- Fires and heating2
typically $4,975
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Farm buildings1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500k2 x domestic dwgs - 1 x 3 bdrm dwg & 1 x 2 bdrm dwg 186 Fisher Lane
- $360kSingle storey 4 bdrm transportable domestic dwg 5 Hall Road
- $327kConstruct 1 new two-bay shed & 2 one-bay carports outbuildings 226 Fisher Lane
- $25kNew four bay barn outbuildings 322 Fisher Lane
- $15kAdditions & alterations to existing dwg (veranda) 571C Crawford Hills Road
23 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg (veranda)
- New homes$360k
Single storey 4 bdrm transportable domestic dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$327k
Construct 1 new two-bay shed & 2 one-bay carports outbuildings
- Multiple homes$500k
2 x domestic dwgs - 1 x 3 bdrm dwg & 1 x 2 bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
New four bay barn outbuildings
- Farm buildings$60k
New two bay shed with attached implement shed outbuildings
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a new metro mega rad freestanding woodburner
- Multiple homes$1.7m
Construct 7 multi-unit dwgs housing - multi-unit (apartments)
- New homes$340k
New three bdrm dwg (to be relocated off site) housing - detached
- New homes$140k
New one bdrm dwg (to be relocated within district) housing - detached
- New homes$250k
New one bdrm dwg (to be relocated off site) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$20k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (bathrm) housing - detached
- New homes$300k
New three bdrm dwg (to be relocated off site) housing - detached
- New homes$220k
New two bdrm dwg with attached shed housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Internal alterations to existing dwg (bathrm) housing - detached
- New homes$300k
New three bdrm dwg (to be relocated off site) housing - detached
- Fires and heating$4,950
Install new freestanding fireplace heating
- New homes$300k
Construct a new 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$40k
Internal alterations including new external door, windows housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$243k
Extension of living area, internal layout changes, change in housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$8,540
Lean-to add to existing shed
- New homes$500k
New three-bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$200k
Extension to existing dwg & new 3 bay shed
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Near Galloway
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Galloway?
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.