Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Athol
Councils consented $70.1m of non-residential building work in the Southland District council area in the year to September 2026, down 3% on the year before. Below: 2 commercial consents we hold in Athol, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Southland District 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 — Southland 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$31.1m
123 buildings · 74,108 m² new floor area · $417/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15.8m
7 buildings · 1,226 m² new floor area · $7,456/m² new · −54% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$13m
5 buildings · 5,526 m² new floor area · $2,054/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.5m
3 buildings · 2,420 m² new floor area · $1,843/m² new · +445% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
1 building · 267 m² new floor area · $5,243/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
−77% on the year before
- Offices$1.2m
+337% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$887k
1 building · 315 m² new floor area · $2,063/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$470k
1 building · 45 m² new floor area · $9,333/m² new · +47% 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 Athol
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2 from 1 Nov 2025 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.
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $225k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150k1 bdrm (including office) standalone dwg 426 Garston Athol Highway, Nokomai
2 consents
- New commercial buildings$150k
1 bdrm (including office) standalone dwg
- New commercial buildings$300k
This is a small 85m2 one-bdrm & office res building on a mainly flat site. This is a timber construction on a piled foundation & has a skillion roof design.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Athol
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Athol?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 187 new homes consented in the Southland District council area, with $111m of residential and $70.1m 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.