Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Chertsey
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. In the statistical area around Chertsey, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 16 consents we hold in Chertsey, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Chertsey’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Chertsey
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Chertsey sits in (Chertsey) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 12 houses, 0 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 — 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 Chertsey
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 16 from 1 Sep 2020 to 1 Apr 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 heating7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $380k
- Demolition1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600kSingle level dwg with sfh. Existing dwg to be demolished 1761 Rakaia Highway
- $378kConstruct dwg with internal gge 37 Chertsey Road
- $58kPole shed 16 Chertsey Kyle Road
- $4,700F/s metro rad plus sfh 36 Maldon Street
- $1Change to insulation calculations, ceiling height & bracing 1761 Rakaia Highway
16 consents
- Insulation$1
Change to insulation calculations, ceiling height & bracing
- New homes$378k
Construct dwg with internal gge
- Demolition$600k
Single level dwg with sfh. Existing dwg to be demolished
- Garages, sheds and carports$58k
Pole shed
- Fires and heating$4,700
F/s metro rad plus sfh
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Conversion of gge into conversion of gge into storage/workshop with new bathrm & install new septic tank system. Il1 building only. Not approved to use as a dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a f/s woodsman tarra mkiii sfh
- New homes$445k
Construct new dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
F/s masport osburn 1600 mkii sfh
- New homes$380k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s woodsman coleridge sfh
- Garages, sheds and carports$47k
Construction of unlined shed (outbuilding)
- Fires and heating$1,000
Install a fs kent Ruapehu logburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a f/s masport r5000 ped sfh
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install inbuilt masport solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$50k
New accessible bathrm
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Near Chertsey
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Chertsey?
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.