Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Newland
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 Newland, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 36 consents we hold in Newland, 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 Newland’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 Newland
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Newland sits in (Winchmore-Wakanui) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 6 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 Newland
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 36 from 1 Aug 2019 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 heating10
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $441k
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $35k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $300kSingle level dwg with sfh & pole shed 32 Keenans Road
- $50kInternal alterations to dwg 55 South Park Road
- $15kInstallation a rika revo ii pellet fire 55 South Park Road
- $6,500F/s metro ultra extreme rad sfh 111 Taits Road
- $6,500F/s metro ultra extreme rad sfh 44 Murdochs Road
36 consents
- Fires and heating$4,200
Install a f/s metro ultra exteme rad sfh
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s metro ultra extreme rad sfh
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s metro ultra extreme rad sfh
- New homes$300k
Single level dwg with sfh & pole shed
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$15k
Installation a rika revo ii pellet fire
- Relocated buildings$10k
Relocate gge
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install a masport coronet uleb
- Alterations and additions$145k
Add & alt to dwg
- New homes$420k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Pole shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Foundations for relocated gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
Add & internal alterations to house
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a F/S Woodsman Serene Woodbox
- New homes$800k
Pole shed & single level dwg with attached gge. Install Woodsman Serene
- Alterations and additions$1
Change to window & door layouts, internal doors deleted, bracing, foundation change
- New homes$500k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$610k
Single level dwg with sfh & attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a f/s masport Rakaia logfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install an inbuilt masport Rangitata logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Pole shed & gge door lintel alt
- New homes$600k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$391k
New four bdrm dwg with attached gge & sfh
- Alterations and additions$350k
Extension & alt to dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Newland?
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.