Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ashburton
368 new homes were consented in the Ashburton District council area in the year to September 2026, up 51% on the year before. They also consented $80m of non-residential building work, up 24% on the year before. Below: 1,356 consents we hold in Ashburton, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ashburton District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ashburton 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 309 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Ashburton 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.
- Farm buildings$35.3m
130 buildings · 43,393 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · +141% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.9m
1 building · 7,461 m² new floor area · $1,192/m² new · +281% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.2m
2 buildings · 2,344 m² new floor area · $3,413/m² new · +75% on the year before
- Offices$8.3m
5 buildings · 2,377 m² new floor area · $3,096/m² new · +1162% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.1m
2 buildings · 703 m² new floor area · $7,956/m² new · +277% on the year before
- Education$5m
2 buildings · 194 m² new floor area · $12,371/m² new · −30% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.5m
2 buildings · 288 m² new floor area · $5,340/m² new · −84% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$715k
2 buildings · 364 m² new floor area · $1,964/m² new · +38% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$10k
−100% on the year before
Consents on record in Ashburton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,356 from 1 Jan 2012 to 1 Sep 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 heating363
63 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes314
88 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Alterations and additions127
24 in the last 12 months · typically $32k
- Garages, sheds and carports120
20 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Relocated buildings28
3 in the last 12 months · typically $76k
- Multiple homes15
4 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Pools and spas13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Demolition4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $700k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.6mConstruction of multi-unit dwelling - single storey with 2 X 2 bedrooms & attached garage - Villa - 65 & 67 - Construction of multi-unit dwelling - single storey with 2 X 2 bedrooms & attached garage - Villa - 69 & 71 - Construction of 2 X detached 200 Rawles Crossing Road, Greenstreet
- $2.2mConstruction of 3 multi-unit dwgs - single storey 200 Rawles Crossing Road, Greenstreet
- $2.1mTwo storey dwg, block basement, 5 bedrooms, including lift 77 Belt Road, Allenton
- $2.1mConstruction of new 5 bdrm res dwg with attached gge 117 Creek Road, Allenton
- $1.8mSingle level dwg with sfh & attached gge , Allenton
1,356 consents
- Alterations and additions$15k
Remove wall, install shower in laundry of dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Metro wee rad woody fire
- Multiple homes$2.2m
Construction of 3 multi-unit dwgs - single storey
- New homes$380k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$85k
Pole shed with toilet facilities
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s in alcove metro ultra wee rad
- New homes$2.1m
Construction of new 5 bdrm res dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a metro smart insert firebox & fascia (250-0860) & eco insert flue kit (300-0301) with dektite premium flashing into existing masonry cavity smoke alarms interconnected section 2.2 nzs451 4:2021
- New homes$1m
Construction of multi-unit dwg - single storey with 2
- Fires and heating$350k
Add/alt & sfh for dwg
- New homes$400k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$38k
Gge
- New homes$860k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$244k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$322k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$100k
Single level relocatable dwg
- New homes$273k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$112k
Steel framed shed
- New homes$500k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s masport Kaituna sfh
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s metro ultra extreme rad sfh
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$6,000
260397 - repair leaking tile shower
- New homes$440k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$8,400
Install a f/ s ravelli, dual 7, pellet fire
- Fires and heating$120k
Install f/s rika filo pellet fire
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Suburbs in Ashburton
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
- Allenton60 / 353
- Tinwald46 / 294
- Elgin44 / 165
- Netherby16 / 139
- Hampstead11 / 115
- Ashburton9 / 83
- Newland6 / 36
- Chertsey5 / 16
- Greenstreet5 / 11
- Huntingdon3 / 34
- Winslow3 / 13
- Mayfield2 / 16
- Hinds1 / 23
- Willowby1 / 8
- Winchmore1 / 6
- Ashburton Forks1 / 2
- Fairton0 / 11
- Wakanui0 / 9
- Dromore0 / 6
- Eiffelton0 / 5
- Ashton0 / 3
- Mitcham0 / 3
- Ealing0 / 2
- Maronan0 / 2
- Lismore0 / 1
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ashburton?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 368 new homes consented in the Ashburton District council area, with $172m of residential and $80m 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.