Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Balclutha
54 new homes were consented in the Clutha District council area in the year to September 2026, down 7% on the year before. They also consented $46.6m of non-residential building work, up 218% on the year before. Below: 512 consents we hold in Balclutha, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Clutha District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Clutha 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 91 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Clutha 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$17.8m
3 buildings · 2,725 m² new floor area · $6,437/m² new · +313% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15.1m
4 buildings · 881 m² new floor area · $15,716/m² new · +758% on the year before
- Farm buildings$10.9m
57 buildings · 23,160 m² new floor area · $472/m² new · +322% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.4m
1 building · 1,008 m² new floor area · $1,438/m² new · +326% on the year before
- Offices$955k
0% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$225k
- Education$70k
−96% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$65k
−97% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Balclutha
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 512 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Oct 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 heating139
32 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions72
8 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- New homes60
20 in the last 12 months · typically $475k
- Garages, sheds and carports27
5 in the last 12 months · typically $44k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater24
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,050
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Relocated buildings10
4 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $140k
- Multiple homes6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1.5m
- Insulation4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,300
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $4m5 x 2 storey multi unit dwgs with attached garages & 1 single 2 storey dwg with gge units 1 - 11 20 naish St Kaiapoi lot 802 dp 620092 20 Naish Street, Balclutha
- $1.9mRbw - add/alt of existing 3 storeys dwg. Extend to the east with new kitchen, dining, livings, scullery & stairs. New bdrm, dressing & ensuite to upper floor. New home theater, 11 Arthur Terrace, Balclutha
- $1.6mConstruction of eight attached dwgs 24 Glasgow Street, Balclutha
- $1.5mRbw - three new 2 storey dwgs, each with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New detention tanks & retaining walls 6 Essex Street, Balclutha
- $994kConstruct 4 bdrm home with block basement gge at 19 monterey drive 19 Monterey Drive, Balclutha
512 consents
- New homes$470k
Construction of new dwg
- New homes$400k
Proposed lot 3 - construction of new dwg
- New homes$386k
Dwg with attached gge 21 naish St Kaiapoi lot 489 dp 620092
- Insulation$7,600
Install insulmax blown insulation into exterior walls.
- Alterations and additions$500k
Alt & add to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$25k
Remove small laundry & wc next to kitchen. Relocate laundry to existing workroom. Relocate wc to existing bathrm provide beam to replace replace the former laundry walls new hwc to workroom
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install metro xtreme rad base woodburner on hearth & fix to floor. Install new flue kit through roof, flash flue with tiletite & fit flue shield
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro wee rad - base on existing hearth
- New homes$600k
Construct new 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached carport & metro fire. Minor variation 1 to change siting
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Extension to existing deck (outbuilding) with existing staircase
- Fires and heating$7,600
Install metro wee rad pedestal woodburner & fix to floor. Install new flue kit through roof & flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing. Fit flue shield
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Move vanity & install toilet in ensuite
- Fires and heating$7,637
Remove existing fire & install new metro xtreme rad base woodburner onto hearth & fix to floor. Install new flue kit through roof, flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing. Fit flue shield
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install new woodsman coleridge woodburner onto hearth & fix to floor. Install new flue kit through roof, flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing. Fit flue shield
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing maxen kinmont 350-p woodburner & maxen flue kit with dektite tray soaker flashing
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 2 - changes to beams & framing for units a to f by full height windows
- Alterations and additions$1.9m
Rbw - add/alt of existing 3 storeys dwg. Extend to the east with new kitchen, dining, livings, scullery & stairs. New bdrm, dressing & ensuite to upper floor. New home theater,
- Fires and heating$7,787
Remove existing fire/wetback. Install metro wee rad woodburner on hearth. Frame up ceiling & install new flue through roof, flash with dektite & soaker flashing. Fit flue shield & new wetback to fire. Run new copper revolve pipes to existing cylinder
- New homes$320k
New single storey 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$4m
5 x 2 storey multi unit dwgs with attached garages & 1 single 2 storey dwg with gge units 1 - 11 20 naish St Kaiapoi lot 802 dp 620092
- Multiple homes$1.5m
Rbw - three new 2 storey dwgs, each with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New detention tanks & retaining walls
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$68k
Erect new skyline gge 7.2m x7.2m with 2.4m stud height
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocation of existing house. New timber piles & concrete block foundations, roof structure, new location of exterior door, new exterior timber stair & landing, timber pole retaining walls
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New stand alone 4 bay gge
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Suburbs in Balclutha
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Balclutha?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 54 new homes consented in the Clutha District council area, with $34.6m of residential and $46.6m 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.