Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Netherby
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 Netherby itself, 16 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 139 consents we hold in Netherby, 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 Netherby’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 Netherby
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Netherby. 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 Netherby
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 139 from 1 Jan 2012 to 1 Aug 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 heating28
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes23
6 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Garages, sheds and carports11
typically $25k
- Alterations and additions8
typically $73k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $76k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Multiple homes1
typically $986k
- Demolition1
typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $1,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mConstruction of a new 3-bdrm res dwg & a detached gge & sleepout. 15 Davis Crescent
- $550kSingle level dwg with attached gge
- $513kSingle level dwg with attached gge
- $495kSingle level dwg & attached gge
- $470kSingle storey 3-bdrm domestic dwg & attached gge
139 consents
- New homes$380k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$400k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$6,000
260397 - repair leaking tile shower
- New homes$470k
Single storey 3-bdrm domestic dwg & attached gge
- Fires and heating$2,000
Kent Benmore woodburner fire heating
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Lift the existing house off the existing piles, spin through detached dwgs
- Fires and heating$5,000
F/s masport clutha pedestal sfh
- Fires and heating$5,500
F/s woodsman coleridge ped sfh
- Fires and heating$3,500
F/s masport Kaituna uleb sfh
- New homes$550k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$2,500
Inbuilt metro eco insert trend facia sfh
- New homes$495k
Single level dwg & attached gge
- New homes$513k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a woodsman coleridge f/s sfh
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1.1m
Construction of a new 3-bdrm res dwg & a detached gge & sleepout.
- Relocated buildings$60k
Existing dwg relocated onto site relocate a 3 bdrm 114.5m2 dwg & install new claddings (on the south elevation only)
- Alterations and additions$21k
Bathrm alterations
- Alterations and additions$95k
Two pole sheds
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install second-hand woodsman Brunner mkii heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Gge
- New homes$365k
New 2 x bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
250409 - lot 2 - alterations + extensions to an existing private dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
F/s metro ultra wee rad sfh
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s metro ultra xtreme rad leg log burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$28k
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Netherby?
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.