Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ashhurst
417 new homes were consented in the Palmerston North City council area in the year to September 2026, up 4% on the year before. They also consented $188m of non-residential building work, up 8% on the year before. Below: 339 consents we hold in Ashhurst, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Palmerston North City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Palmerston North City, 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 557 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Palmerston North City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$64.2m
5 buildings · 7,143 m² new floor area · $7,505/m² new · +1060% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$52.7m
11 buildings · 22,704 m² new floor area · $1,847/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$22.5m
5 buildings · 3,808 m² new floor area · $5,329/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.9m
8 buildings · 3,701 m² new floor area · $3,791/m² new · +275% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$15.1m
3 buildings · 612 m² new floor area · $9,150/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Education$5.2m
3 buildings · 784 m² new floor area · $4,809/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.2m
3 buildings · 1,312 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +255% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3m
2 buildings · −80% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
11 buildings · 5,139 m² new floor area · $500/m² new · +27% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$85k
+42% on the year before
Consents on record in Ashhurst
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 339 from 1 Aug 2019 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 heating78
23 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions53
4 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Garages, sheds and carports27
3 in the last 12 months · typically $44k
- New homes26
3 in the last 12 months · typically $447k
- Pools and spas6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $67k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $26k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $21k
- Relocated buildings5
typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $38k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $950k4 bdrm dwg with attached gge 88 Salisbury Street, Ashhurst
- $450k3 bdrm dwg with attached gge 349 Zigzag Road, Pohangina
- $295kNew dwg with attached carport & effluent holding tank 85 Winchester Street, Ashhurst
- $150kConstruct a new pole shed with bathrm 1443A Colyton Road, Ashhurst
- $65kInstallation of pool & fencing for new swimming pool. 1030B Valley Road, Ashhurst
339 consents
- Alterations and additions$20k
Res additions & alterations splitting two bedrooms & a bathrm in two
- Fires and heating$3,500
Removal of old woodburner & installation of new kent Benmore woodburner
- Fires and heating$11k
Install firenzo Bronte leg freestanding wood fire in lounge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new metro wee rad freestanding wood fire - leg model with 4.2m standard flue kit
- Fires and heating$9,100
Install a woodsman flare into the lounge room
- Fires and heating$7,188
Install new fire & flue (woodsman Totara zc)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installing a new freestanding metro Ltd mega rad fire & relocating the hot water cylinder
- Fires and heating$3,500
Installation if masport r5000 free standing fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of kent Oxford free standing solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$10k
Install yunca monte hybrid fire, flue system & flashing
- Fires and heating$5,700
Install of metro tiny rad leg with eco flue in lounge housing - detached
- New homes$295k
New dwg with attached carport & effluent holding tank
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Installation of bathrm into an existing gge & installation of bathrm into storage shed & water treatment system to service the 2 bathrooms.
- New homes$450k
3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad leg rural woodfire with new hearth & standard 4.2m flue kit
- Pools and spas$65k
Installation of pool & fencing for new swimming pool.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner ( masport coronet) & flue system (masport flue kit & shield 150mm x 4.2m)
- Fires and heating$13k
Wetback- install new leon multi-fuel freestanding wood fire with 4.2m flue kit & wetback, connected to existing 25mm copper wetback pipes.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a metro wee rad base free standing wood fire with standard 4.2m flue kit
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding metro wee rad base & metro eco flue
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install a metro Ltd wee rad base freestanding wood fire into dining room
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of new wood burner
- Fires and heating$12k
Install a metro Ltd xtreme rad base freestanding wood fire in family room & connect to existing wetback.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a metro micro rad into lounge.
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Section of wall removed for open plan living
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Suburbs in Ashhurst
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ashhurst?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 417 new homes consented in the Palmerston North City council area, with $215m of residential and $188m 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.