Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Riversdale
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 Riversdale itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 926 consents we hold in Riversdale, 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 Riversdale’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 Riversdale
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Riversdale-Islington. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 Riversdale
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 926 from 1 Aug 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 heating35
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $37k
- New homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $396k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $45k
- Multiple homes3
typically $1.4m
- Pools and spas2
typically $52k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $20k
- Demolition1
typically $1.4m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
- Insulation1
typically $4,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $563kDwg 52B Budge Street
- $396kDwg 6A Lucas Street
- $330kRes alterations & additions 4B Gascoigne Street
- $10kRbw - amendment to bco10388848 - lot 1 eastern wall partly replaced with 240 block wall & new external window (w05a) added to northern wall. Volclay swelltite waterproofing to block wall. Retaining 14 Endeavour Street
- $8,000Inbuilt metro smart insert solid fuel heater 125 Budge Street
926 consents
- Alterations and additions$330k
Res alterations & additions
- New homes$563k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - amendment to bco10388848 - lot 1 eastern wall partly replaced with 240 block wall & new external window (w05a) added to northern wall. Volclay swelltite waterproofing to block wall. Retaining
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of three, two-bdrm, one-bathrm res dwgs with open plan living & attached carports amendment 1: unit 3 deleted & drains amended. (-$300k)
- Fires and heating$6,100
Installation of a metro tiny rad woody ,eco fluekit ,flueshield on ash floor protector
- Fires and heating$8,000
Inbuilt metro smart insert solid fuel heater
- New homes$396k
Dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing metro wee rad leg solid fuel heater
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$20k
R1 - alt to existing dwg. Repile.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Res alterations & additions
- Garages, sheds and carports$56k
Enclosed pole shed
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Rbw - 2 x new three storey dwgs each with four bedrooms, 3.5 baths, & attached dbl gge. New retaining walls, detention & dual purpose tanks.
- Fires and heating$22k
Res alterations & additions & solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater
- New homes$600k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg & demolition of existing dwg.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 450 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$75k
Extension to dwg & alterations to roof
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding masport Wanaka logfire
- Insulation$4,000
R1 - ta exemption - alterations to detached dwg, partial insulation of external walls.
- Fires and heating$4,000
Free-standing masport r1200 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$24k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing masport Wanaka solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker log fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Riversdale?
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.