Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hampstead
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 Hampstead itself, 118 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 115 consents we hold in Hampstead, 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 Hampstead’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 Hampstead
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Hampstead. In the year to September 2026: 63 houses, 2 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 53 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 — 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 Hampstead
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 115 from 1 Jan 2012 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 heating33
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- New homes31
3 in the last 12 months · typically $422k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Multiple homes2
typically $964k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $450kConstruct dwg with internal gge 109 Eton Street
- $390kConstruct dwg with internal access gge 95 Eton Street
- $350kSingle level dwg with attached gge 101 Grey Street
- $200kInternal alterations to existing dwg & reroof carport 5 Wellington Street
- $75kPole shed 140 Chalmers Avenue
115 consents
- Fires and heating$8,400
Install a f/ s ravelli, dual 7, pellet fire
- Alterations and additions$10k
Bathrm alterations
- New homes$390k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$350k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,700
F/s woodsman serene petite sfh
- New homes$450k
Construct dwg with internal gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$200k
Internal alterations to existing dwg & reroof carport
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a f/s masport Kaituna woodstacker sfh
- Retaining walls$20k
Construct retaining wall
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro trend insert heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Pole shed
- Multiple homes$783k
Two single level dwgs with attached garages
- New homes$430k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$450k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$447k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$430k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$430k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$390k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a f/s masport Hurunui uleb
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install a f/s ravelli, elena rv100 pellet fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
F/s metro ultra tiny rad sfh
- New homes$396k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$3,200
F/s masport Waimakariri sfh
- Fires and heating$5,000
Amendment - new log fire added
- New homes$430k
Single level dwg with attached gge
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Near Hampstead
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hampstead?
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.