Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hinds
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 Hinds, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 23 consents we hold in Hinds, 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 Hinds’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 Hinds
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Hinds sits in (Ealing-Lowcliffe) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 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 Hinds
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 23 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Dec 2025. 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $49k
- Fires and heating4
typically $5,000
- New homes4
typically $675k
- Pools and spas2
typically $83k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $28k
- Alterations and additions1
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
- $40kRes/farm - gge 22 David Street
23 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Res/farm - gge
- New homes$450k
Res/farm - three bdrm dwg with dbl gge (sol)
- Pools and spas$70k
Swimming pool & fencing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burning appliance
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of units 4,5, & 6 amended off SR 527742
- Garages, sheds and carports$72k
Shed
- New homes$900k
Demolish dwg, erect 2x attached dwgs with basement garages
- New homes$900k
Erect 2x attached dwgs with basement garages
- Fires and heating$75k
Roof re-configuration, verandah add, internal alterations, sfh installation
- Pools and spas$95k
Install swimming pool & pool fencing
- Relocated buildings$40k
Relocated sleepout
- Relocated buildings$15k
Foundation & services for relocated dwg
- New homes$362k
Single level dwg with logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
New gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a f/s woodsman Brunner mkii logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$58k
Pole shed
- Alterations and additions$45k
Extension to dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$19k
Gge
- Fires and heating$1,500
Install f/s jayline fr300 logfire
- New homes$242k
New dwg & gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$20k
Convert a two bay shed to studio & open bay
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install secondhand freestanding logaire atlanta bay ca logfire
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Near Hinds
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hinds?
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.