Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Ashhurst
Councils consented $188m of non-residential building work in the Palmerston North City council area in the year to September 2026, up 8% on the year before. Below: 7 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Ashhurst
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 7 from 1 Oct 2020 to 1 Feb 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.
- New commercial buildings2
typically $463k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Fit-outs1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $10kInstall toilet, basin & sink into existing shed/workshop space 125 Raukawa Road, Ashhurst
7 consents
- Commercial alterations$10k
Install toilet, basin & sink into existing shed/workshop space
- Fit-outs$50k
Installation of a new kitchen with connection to existing private plumbing & new interior wall to an existing tenancy
- New commercial buildings$475k
3 bdrm + office dwg with attached dbl gge
- New commercial buildings$450k
New two storey steel framed dwg with 3 bedrooms & office.
- Commercial alterations$33k
7.0m wide x 7.0m long gge /workshop
- Relocated buildings$70k
Relocate dwg containing 2 bdrm, office, lounge, family, kitchen & bathrm. Single cladding, metal roofing, relocation on piles.
- Commercial alterations$15k
Convert existing gge to mudroom, office & new bdrm
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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.