Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mayfield
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 Mayfield, 31 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 16 consents we hold in Mayfield, 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 Mayfield’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 Mayfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mayfield sits in (Ashburton Forks) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 27 houses, 4 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 Mayfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 16 from 1 Mar 2021 to 1 Jun 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 heating8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions2
typically $429k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $65k
- New homes1
typically $450k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $260k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $6,800F/s woodsman kanuku sfh 5 Murdoch Place
- $6,500F/s metro Ltd wee rad base sfh cac: 152162 11 Mayfield Klondyke Road
16 consents
- Fires and heating$6,800
F/s woodsman kanuku sfh
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s metro Ltd wee rad base sfh cac: 152162
- Fires and heating$11k
Install a f/s metro mega rad sfh
- Alterations and additions$850k
Rbw - partial demolition to an existing villa. Villa lifted, moved on same site & renovated. New basement floor with single car gge. New add, deck & pergola to back of villa. New vehicle s
- Relocated buildings$260k
Foundation & services for relocated dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Pole shed
- Fires and heating$12k
F/s firenzo contessa ru sfh
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s masport r5000 sfh
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Convert old rugby clubrooms to dwg
- Fires and heating$2,000
F/s metro xtreme rad sfh
- New homes$450k
Single level dwg with sfh
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a F/S Metro Xtreme Rad Leg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s woodsman Tarras mkii
- Pools and spas$90k
Swimming pool & fence
- New homes$80k
Single level dwg
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install a f/s woodsman serene on existing wetback
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mayfield?
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.