Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Witherlea
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 Witherlea itself, 52 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 4,480 consents we hold in Witherlea, 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 Witherlea’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 Witherlea
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Witherlea East, Witherlea West. In the year to September 2026: 30 houses, 22 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 Witherlea
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 4,480 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 heating135
21 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes135
9 in the last 12 months · typically $400k
- Alterations and additions58
12 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts22
typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports18
2 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Pools and spas16
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Multiple homes5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $435k
- Relocated buildings5
typically $120k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · 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
- $795kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 4 9 Lester Place
- $729kDwg with free-standing metro ambie solid fuel heater 21 Solomon Place
- $515kDuplex dwgs (lots 76 & 77)
- $500kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 3 22 Hope Drive
- $435kTwo semi-detached dwgs - proposed lot 82/83
4,480 consents
- Multiple homes$515k
Duplex dwgs (lots 76 & 77)
- New homes$276k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$250k
Res alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt existing bathrm to form a new wet floor shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$39k
New gge
- Fires and heating$60k
Dwg alterations & free-standing kent Oxford solid fuel heater
- Multiple homes$435k
Two semi-detached dwgs - proposed lot 82/83
- Multiple homes$434k
Two semi detached units - lots 80 & 81
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing metro rad plus solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$290k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - add/alterations: extend bedrooms into existing roof space, add south & west elevation windows & re-roof adjacent areas
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing kent Cardrona solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Convert laundry to bathrm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,500
Stormwater & sewer drainage works
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing ravelli elena pellet fire
- New homes$400k
Rbw - lot 163 - block g - new two-storey single house, including 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, kitchen, & single gge.
- New homes$320k
Proposed relocatable cottage with 4 bedrooms (or 3 + media),
- New homes$500k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$425k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$795k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- Fires and heating$4,890
Free standing metro wee curve dv rad solid fuel heater
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$4,000
Roof structure strengthening
- Fires and heating$6,500
Inbuilt metro smart ht solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing woodsman Brunner solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing ravelli dual 7 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$7,400
Alt to dwg � installation of a ravelli rosa r70, freestanding, dry, pellet burner, cac 174364
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Witherlea?
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.