Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairton
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 Fairton, 40 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 11 consents we hold in Fairton, 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 Fairton’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 Fairton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Fairton sits in (Ashburton North) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 40 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 Fairton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 May 2020 to 1 Dec 2024. 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 heating6
typically $5,050
- Alterations and additions1
typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $83k
- New homes1
typically $133k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
11 consents
- New homes$133k
Single level dwg over existing foundations
- Garages, sheds and carports$83k
Gge
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install a f/s woodsman kanuka sfh
- Fires and heating$5,600
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new woodsman kanaku freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a f/s forenzo Bronte leg logfire
- Fires and heating$4,299
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport r3000 ashpan ped freestanding
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport r5000p solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Install f/s esse bakeheart cooking stove
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install f/s metro xtreme rad logfire
- Fires and heating$3,400
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii
- Alterations and additions$80k
Dwg alterations & add
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Near Fairton
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairton?
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.