Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Cambridge
Councils consented $77.7m of non-residential building work in the Waipa District council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. Below: 27 commercial consents we hold in Cambridge, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waipa District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waipa 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.
- Warehouses and storage$23.7m
9 buildings · 12,358 m² new floor area · $1,892/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$13.3m
6 buildings · 5,869 m² new floor area · $1,896/m² new · −33% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.9m
64 buildings · 18,003 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.8m
2 buildings · 1,225 m² new floor area · $6,731/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8m
7 buildings · 2,719 m² new floor area · $2,815/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Offices$7.7m
2 buildings · 936 m² new floor area · $2,762/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.6m
2 buildings · 1,066 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
−57% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Cambridge
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 27 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Feb 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.
- Commercial alterations10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- New commercial buildings4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $898k
- Fit-outs1
typically $200k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $875k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600k251007 - lot 2 - new two storey duplex (side lot 2) with 3 bedrooms, 1 office, living, dining & living room with attached garages. Brick, rib50 & oblique weatherboards 4/44 Byron Street, Leamington
- $600k251006 - lot 1 - new two storey duplex (side lot 1) with 3 bedrooms, 1 office, living, dining & living room with attached garages. Brick, rib50 & oblique weatherboards 44 Byron Street, Leamington
- $10k250861 - lot 9 - outbuilding change of use from office/storage to sleepout. 5 Corrielea Crescent, Cambridge
27 consents
- Commercial alterations$10k
250861 - lot 9 - outbuilding change of use from office/storage to sleepout.
- New commercial buildings$600k
251006 - lot 1 - new two storey duplex (side lot 1) with 3 bedrooms, 1 office, living, dining & living room with attached garages. Brick, rib50 & oblique weatherboards
- New commercial buildings$600k
251007 - lot 2 - new two storey duplex (side lot 2) with 3 bedrooms, 1 office, living, dining & living room with attached garages. Brick, rib50 & oblique weatherboards
- Commercial alterations$70k
School alts
- Commercial alterations$99k
250670 - lot 1 - construction of a 16.6m x 6.0m storage shed which includes 1 bay fitted with windows for future gym / hobby room.
- Relocated buildings$875k
250673 - to construct a new dwg with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, an office & an attached internal access dbl gge & a relocated dwg
- Commercial alterations$20k
250471 - adding a toilet in the existing office space
- Commercial alterations$30k
240607 - alt to the existing dwg creating a home office area. Replace existing gge door with two single doors & divide gge with internal wall
- New commercial buildings$2.1m
240601 - lot 6 - construct 4 bdrm + office domestic dwg & attached dbl gge
- Commercial alterations$250k
240343 - construct gym
- Commercial alterations$499k
Rbw - add/alt to a 2 level villa which includes a linked standalone dbl gge, conversion of existing bdrm to office, relocating kitchen & laundry & add of a 2nd living room on ground level. Add of 2 bedrooms with en
- Commercial alterations$500k
221434 - alterations to existing house to provide additional office, gym & living spaces. Alterations to existing exterior joinery to improve thermal performance. Alterations bathrooms to improve accessibility.
- Commercial alterations$60k
220780 - lot 2 - small office/studio
- Commercial alterations$15k
220586 - lot 1 - internal alterations - enlarging office & moving laundry
- New commercial buildings$1.2m
220408 - lot 1 - construct a 4 bdrm + office home with gge
- Fit-outs$200k
211470 - minor renovations - new roof cladding, joinery & interior fit out
- Commercial alterations$10k
211234 - remove 2 walls & close of hall way entrance door for more open plan & access to dining / lounge areas
- Commercial alterations$48k
211261 - construct one workshop shed 24m2 & one sundry storage shed 16m2
- New commercial buildings$1m
211309 - lot 2 - new 2 storey dwg with dbl attached gge, 4 bedrooms, office, 2 bathrooms & separate toilet.
- Commercial alterations$75k
210415 - new gge & office space
- Commercial alterations$21k
201281 - convert gge to office with bathrm
- Commercial alterations$30k
200773 - erect workshop
- Commercial alterations$27k
200859 - erect a detached gge for the purpose of sundry storage & personal workshop
- Commercial alterations$58k
191246 - erect detached gge/workshop with bathrm facilities
- Commercial alterations$99k
191228 - all required site preparation for the siting of a new single storey, 2 bdrm transportable dwg (constructed within a factory before being transported to the prepared site) including foundations, relevant services/utilities & buildin
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Suburbs in Cambridge
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cambridge?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 564 new homes consented in the Waipa District council area, with $321m of residential and $77.7m 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.