Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Brunswick
190 new homes were consented in the Whanganui District council area in the year to September 2026, up 40% on the year before. They also consented $72.5m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. Below: 37 consents we hold in Brunswick, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whanganui District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whanganui 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 199 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whanganui 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$29.5m
5 buildings · 2,618 m² new floor area · $10,680/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$14.2m
5 buildings · 1,509 m² new floor area · $4,109/m² new · +385% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6m
+761% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4m
2 buildings · 699 m² new floor area · $5,182/m² new · +44% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.9m
1 building · 540 m² new floor area · $7,070/m² new · +805% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.9m
1 building · 262 m² new floor area · $3,817/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Education$3.8m
2 buildings · 296 m² new floor area · $4,459/m² new · +215% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
20 buildings · 5,128 m² new floor area · $324/m² new · −11% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,164 m² new floor area · $1,503/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$2m
1 building · 422 m² new floor area · $4,739/m² new · +4344% on the year before
Consents on record in Brunswick
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 37 from 1 Jan 2020 to 1 May 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 heating8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $30k
- Pools and spas3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $20k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Fit-outs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $76k
- New homes1
typically $1.1m
- Commercial alterations1
typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $260k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $90kNew 12 x 8 gge , Brunswick
- $85kConstruction of a new steel framed cyclone shed building , Brunswick
- $80kRelocated single level dwg, piled & services 277 Blueskin Road, Brunswick
- $76kAlt.1 games room partial internal fit out of existing (construction of new shed.) 262 Campbell Road, Brunswick
- $72kInstallation of kiwi 8 se 8mx4.4m fibreglass swimming pool 71 Western Line, Brunswick
37 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing solid fuel heater. Install of a metro wee rad base into the living room. The fire is to be installed into a brick lined alcove that previously had a coal range fitted. New flue to be
- Fires and heating$4,000
Free standing solid fuel heater. New wood burner fire place on the ground floor with new flue system
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install of a metro Ltd xtreme rad base, into the living room, including a metro eco flue kit
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
New 12 x 8 gge
- Fit-outs$76k
Alt.1 games room partial internal fit out of existing (construction of new shed.)
- Pools and spas$72k
Installation of kiwi 8 se 8mx4.4m fibreglass swimming pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$85k
Construction of a new steel framed cyclone shed building
- Pools and spas$60k
Installation of a new 8m x 4m pre-fabricated fibreglass swimming pool supplied by bayside pools. Installation of new pool fencing to be installed a minimum of 2m from the edge of the pool, with 2
- Relocated buildings$80k
Relocated single level dwg, piled & services
- Alterations and additions$60k
Construct two tiled showers
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system to a secondary treatment system using an econotreat et32p treatment module retro fitted to existing the primary septic tank. Plus install new pcdi
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New 22 x12 gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$260k
Re-clad house & new septic system
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing solid fuel heater project description: install of a metro extreme rad Ltd woodfire into the living room, including install of a new wetback to connect to an existing wetback hot wate
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing solid fuel heater project description: install metro mega rad free standing fire in lounge
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install of a metro extreme rad freestanding woodburner into the living room, including wetback connection to the existing wetback hwc & a new metro flue kit
- Commercial alterations$30k
Gge/workshop extension lean-to structure on a new concrete slab with steel frames, girts & purlins with 0.55bmt cladding & roofing
- Alterations and additions$20k
Construct a tiled shower in the ensuite
- Alterations and additions$60k
Construct new outdoor louvre roof system
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Construct a 16m x 8m x 3m totalspan gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install septic tank & laying dripline effluent field. Effluent is pumped from house to septic tank
- Alterations and additions$30k
Replacement of two existing doors & an existing window
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Conversion of existing shed to habitable space
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install contessa freestanding wood burner with wetback on a pedestal base, in the dining room
- New homes$1.1m
Construct new dwg with attached gge
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Brunswick
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Brunswick?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 190 new homes consented in the Whanganui District council area, with $113m of residential and $72.5m 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.