Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Grovetown
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In Grovetown itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 914 consents we hold in Grovetown, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Grovetown’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Grovetown
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Spring Creek-Grovetown. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 0 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Grovetown
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 914 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 heating13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $98k
- New homes3
typically $559k
- Alterations and additions3
typically $95k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $11k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $650k
- Pools and spas1
typically $7,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $273k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $650kConstruct a single storey detached dwg with four housing - detached dwgs 9 Fell Street
- $95kGarages & or shed 2542 State Highway 1
- $6,500Install new metro woodfire & flue kit to replace an old non functioning fireplace 5 Robinson Street
914 consents
- Multiple homes$650k
Construct a single storey detached dwg with four housing - detached dwgs
- Garages, sheds and carports$95k
Garages & or shed
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install new metro woodfire & flue kit to replace an old non functioning fireplace
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing metro r2 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$450k
Rbw - add/alt - bdrm 3 partly converted to study & part stairs leading to new add that includes 2 new bedrooms, 1 bathrm & family room. Includes new deck & external stairs.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Free-standing woodsman Brunner mkii solid fuel heater
- New homes$559k
Dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$273k
Rbw - reclad - new targeted ground floor re-clad with new joinery, new first floor membrane deck & open slat deck with new free-standing studio.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing metro wee rad solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing bosca spirit 550 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing metro wee rad solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$79k
Gge
- Fires and heating$7,500
Inbuilt firenzo kompact ag solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$45k
Amendment to BC210744: changes to exterior wall cladding & partial removal of verandas
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Amendment to bc230327 - on-site wastewater system design
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$11k
Amendment to bc181524 - plumbing & drainage work
- Fires and heating$750k
Res alterations & additions with free-standing bosca solid fuel heater & wastewater system
- Pools and spas$7,000
Swimming pool fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Garages & or shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing metro xtreme rad log fire
- New homes$596k
Dwg with free-standing metro solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$70k
Res alterations & additions & solid fuel heater
- New homes$500k
Dwg & solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$95k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$10k
Free standing solid fuel heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Grovetown?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.