Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Islington
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 the statistical area around Islington, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 527 consents we hold in Islington, 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 Islington’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 Islington
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Islington sits in (Lower Wairau) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Islington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 527 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating24
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $92k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $44k
- New homes3
typically $370k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $4,750
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $250kRes alterations & additions 20 Dillons Point Road
- $150kNew 24m2 add, comprising of a bdrm & ensuite. Housing - detached dwgs 20A Lane Street
- $15kAlt entranceway to create bathrm 41 Dillons Point Road
- $8,000Free-standing maxen kinmont 450 solid fuel heater 45 Dillons Point Road
- $8,000Free-standing firenzo kompact solid fuel heater 24 Dillons Point Road
527 consents
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing firenzo kompact solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$150k
New 24m2 add, comprising of a bdrm & ensuite. Housing - detached dwgs
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing maxen kinmont 450 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing metro rad one solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alt entranceway to create bathrm
- Fires and heating$7,000
Two free-standing solid fuel heaters: second hand woodsman Brunner mk ii & new masport r1200
- Alterations and additions$250k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$8,000
Inbuilt firenzo athena bay solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to bc241075 - dwg additions & alterations
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater
- New homes$205k
Dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing ravelli rosa pellet fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Pole shed
- Alterations and additions$30k
Gas fire & chimney sleeve
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Inbuilt Metro Trend Insert solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing Ravelli Dual 7 pellet fire
- New homes$571k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$34k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$7,500
Free standing metro solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Inbuilt metro smart insert log fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$49k
Gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing masport r3000 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$280k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$5,500
Free standing metro tiny rad log fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Islington?
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.