Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tinwald
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 Tinwald itself, 19 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 294 consents we hold in Tinwald, 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 Tinwald’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 Tinwald
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Tinwald North, Tinwald South. In the year to September 2026: 19 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 Tinwald
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 294 from 1 Jan 2012 to 1 Sep 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 heating97
17 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes59
17 in the last 12 months · typically $515k
- Garages, sheds and carports34
5 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Alterations and additions25
3 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Relocated buildings6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Pools and spas3
typically $95k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.8m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $25k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mSingle level dwg with attached gge 23 Westview Drive
- $900kSingle level dwg with attached gge 134 McMurdo Street
- $900kSingle level dwg with attached gge 39 Westview Drive
- $860kSingle level dwg with attached gge 22 Westview Drive
- $850kRbw - demolition of existing gge. Alt to existing 4 bdrm, 2 story 1920's villa, including bathrm, kitchen, laundry & new solid fuel heater, 2 new joinery units. Proposed 2 storey standa 35 Johnstone Street
294 consents
- Alterations and additions$15k
Remove wall, install shower in laundry of dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Metro wee rad woody fire
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s in alcove metro ultra wee rad
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a metro smart insert firebox & fascia (250-0860) & eco insert flue kit (300-0301) with dektite premium flashing into existing masonry cavity smoke alarms interconnected section 2.2 nzs451 4:2021
- Garages, sheds and carports$38k
Gge
- New homes$860k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$100k
Single level relocatable dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s masport Kaituna sfh
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s metro ultra extreme rad sfh
- New homes$440k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Siting, foundation & drainage for transportable dwg
- New homes$900k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$28k
Extend pole shed
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install a f/s ravelli elena rv100 pellet fire
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install a metro wee rad base into dining room.
- New homes$500k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- New homes$620k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$4,000
F/s masport Hurunui sfh
- Fires and heating$5,000
F/s in alcove masport coronet sfh
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a f/s masport osburn 1660 sfh
- Fires and heating$7,400
Install a f/s ravelli, natural 7, pellet fire
- New homes$415k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$375k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$370k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- Garages, sheds and carports$43k
Pole shed
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tinwald?
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.