Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Huntingdon
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 Huntingdon, 16 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 34 consents we hold in Huntingdon, 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 Huntingdon’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 Huntingdon
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Huntingdon sits in (Eiffelton) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 16 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 Huntingdon
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 1 Aug 2019 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.
- New homes12
1 in the last 12 months · typically $619k
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1,000
- Fires and heating4
typically $6,000
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $473kSingle level dwg with attached gge 9 Loch Green
- $125kSwimming pool & fence 110 Stranges Road
- $1Change of cladding 18 Waterton Point
34 consents
- New homes$473k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$125k
Swimming pool & fence
- Alterations and additions$1
Change of cladding
- New homes$637k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$543k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$600k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$767k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$580k
Single level dwg with sfh & attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
F/s metro wee rad woody sfh
- Alterations and additions$15k
Internal alterations - new bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Pole shed
- Alterations and additions$60k
COA internal alt to remove wall & enlarge master bdrm
- Alterations and additions$1
Change from hwc to lpg system for hot water
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Change building wrap & minor bracing changes
- New homes$450k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$880k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$900k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install a Woodsman Tarras MKII SFH - ECAC 120925
- New homes$708k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$477k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$95k
Install swimming pool & pool fencing
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a f/s masport r5000p logfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a f/s masport Rakaia logfire
- Alterations and additions$90k
Enclose patio
- New homes$650k
Single level dwg with sfh
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Near Huntingdon
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Huntingdon?
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.