Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Christchurch
4,876 new homes were consented in the Christchurch City council area in the year to September 2026, up 25% on the year before. They also consented $833m of non-residential building work, down 19% on the year before. Below: 220 consents we hold in Christchurch, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Christchurch City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Christchurch City, 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 5,212 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Christchurch City, 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$178m
41 buildings · 105,424 m² new floor area · $1,500/m² new · −23% on the year before
- Education$149m
32 buildings · 22,825 m² new floor area · $5,677/m² new · +94% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$129m
10 buildings · 13,543 m² new floor area · $5,735/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Offices$92.6m
15 buildings · 8,674 m² new floor area · $4,317/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$80.5m
15 buildings · 10,267 m² new floor area · $6,378/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$71.8m
15 buildings · 8,500 m² new floor area · $4,932/m² new · −45% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$64.8m
7 buildings · 10,771 m² new floor area · $5,185/m² new · +7% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$47.9m
9 buildings · 10,105 m² new floor area · $2,200/m² new · −55% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$17.6m
2 buildings · 249 m² new floor area · $9,036/m² new · −71% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.4m
11 buildings · 3,639 m² new floor area · $662/m² new · −30% on the year before
Consents on record in Christchurch
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 220 from 25 Sep 2015 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 heating49
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes44
2 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Alterations and additions29
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,599
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $33k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $325k
- Insulation2
typically $501
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $11k
- Fit-outs2
typically $1
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $1.3m
- Pools and spas2
typically $78k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1m2 new attached townhouses behind an existing house. New detached dwgs 7 Mahoe Street, Templeton
- $538kConstruction of dwg & pole shed - installation of metro rad one, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 250387 52 Old West Coast Road, Yaldhurst
- $350kConstruction of detached dwg with attached gge - installation of metro tiny rad, freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac172397 315 West Coast Road, Templeton
- $350kDwg alterations - recladding dwg, replace roofing, 29 Ivey Road, Templeton
- $200kAlt to dwg - add of bdrm, entry & sunroom 27 Guys Road, Yaldhurst
220 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Hurunui ash (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 234266
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alt to dwg - add of bdrm, entry & sunroom
- Fires and heating$5,400
Alt to dwg - installation of a masport Rangitata, insert dry woodburner, cac203666
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to dwg - installation of metro ultra xtreme rad, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac200997
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alt to dwg - alt to bathrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Alt to dwg - installation of maxen cargill 350-d, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 240589.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Cashmere pedestal (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 241470
- Alterations and additions$8,100
Alt to dwg - installation of a ravelli dual 7, freestanding, dry, pellet burner, cac 183131
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport coronet pedestal (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-241473
- New homes$350k
Construction of detached dwg with attached gge - installation of metro tiny rad, freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac172397
- New homes$538k
Construction of dwg & pole shed - installation of metro rad one, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 250387
- Multiple homes$1.1m
2 new attached townhouses behind an existing house. New detached dwgs
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$350k
Dwg alterations - recladding dwg, replace roofing,
- Fires and heating$5,500
Alt to dwg - installation of a woodsman coleridge (leg), freestanding, dry, wood burner, cac 211473
- Fires and heating$3,800
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Rakaia uleb, freestanding, dry, woodbuner - cac200855
- Fires and heating$5,500
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman coleridge (leg), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 211473
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1,800
Dwg alterations - decommission septic tank & connect
- New homes$2m
4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
New shed
- New homes$410k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$1
Amendment 1 - change sfh to woodsman kanuka, freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac223218
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman serene(uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-194586
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Kaituna pedestal, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 234633
- New homes$70k
Construction of new transportable 1 bdrm dwg
- New homes$70k
Construction of new transportable 1 bdrm dwg
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Suburbs in Christchurch
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Christchurch?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 4,876 new homes consented in the Christchurch City council area, with $1.98b of residential and $833m 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.