Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Atarau
49 new homes were consented in the Grey District council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. They also consented $12.7m of non-residential building work, down 56% on the year before. In Atarau itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 5 consents we hold in Atarau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Grey District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Atarau’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Grey 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 107 in 2007.
New homes in Atarau
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Barrytown. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 1 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 — Grey 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.
- Offices$4m
−27% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
21 buildings · 6,386 m² new floor area · $566/m² new · +87% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $1,738/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 184 m² new floor area · $5,163/m² new · +139% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$979k
3 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $1,186/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$280k
1 building · 47 m² new floor area · $1,702/m² new · −98% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$180k
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $952/m² new · −49% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$67k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Atarau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5 from 1 Feb 2022 to 1 Mar 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.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,501
- Fires and heating2
typically $5,500
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $475k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $475k2 bdrm domestic dwg outbuilding - shed
- $1Install of a grey water system for grey water. Toilet black water & sewer will be going through a composting toilet with elements to remove all Blackwater & sewer. Amendment 1: toilet has changed from propossed toilet due to supply issues & loc 774 Atarau Road
5 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1
Install of a grey water system for grey water. Toilet black water & sewer will be going through a composting toilet with elements to remove all Blackwater & sewer. Amendment 1: toilet has changed from propossed toilet due to supply issues & loc
- New homes$475k
2 bdrm domestic dwg outbuilding - shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Install of a grey water system for grey water. Toilet black water & sewer will be going through a composting toilet with elements to remove all Blackwater & sewer.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a new woodsman stag solid fuel heater & heatsaver flue
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman stag dry multifuel fire in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Atarau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 49 new homes consented in the Grey District council area, with $34.2m of residential and $12.7m 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.