Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Cave
Councils consented $112m of non-residential building work in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, up 78% on the year before. Below: 29 commercial consents we hold in Cave, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru 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 — Timaru 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% 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 Cave
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 29 from 5 May 1993 to 19 Feb 2025. 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.
- New commercial buildings3
typically $315k
- Farm buildings1
typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
29 consents
- New commercial buildings
AMEND - Erect Building (Workshop) - (Stormwater)
- New commercial buildings$600k
Erect Building (Workshop)
- Farm buildings$35k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$30k
Erect Building (Ablutions Building)
- Commercial alterations$16k
Install Potable Water System
- Farm buildings$108k
Erect Farm Shed
- Farm buildings$90k
Erect Implement Shed
- Farm buildings$45k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$433k
Erect Two Eco Shelters
- Farm buildings$15k
Erect Hay Barn
- New commercial buildings$7,000
Erect Shed
- Farm buildings$25k
Erect Pole Shed & Install Woodsman Tarras MK II Freestanding Woodburne
- Commercial alterations$27k
Building Additions (Storage)
- Farm buildings$16k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$15k
Erect Communications Building & Remove Building
- Farm buildings$21k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$35k
Erect Bases/silos
- Farm buildings$20k
Erect Five Bay Implement Shed
- Farm buildings$22k
Erect New Woolshed/truck Shed
- New commercial buildings$20k
Erect Farm Storage Building
- Farm buildings$3,750
Additions To Implement Shed
- New commercial buildings$38k
Erect Stables
- Farm buildings$6,200
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$14k
Erect Shed
- New commercial buildings$812
To Shift Hut From One Property To Another
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Cave
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cave?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.