Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Cromwell
Councils consented $63.3m of non-residential building work in the Central Otago District council area in the year to September 2026, up 44% on the year before. Below: 17 commercial consents we hold in Cromwell, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Otago 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 — Central Otago 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$14.4m
2 buildings · 938 m² new floor area · $1,066/m² new · +1323% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$10.9m
14 buildings · 5,074 m² new floor area · $1,856/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Farm buildings$10.6m
62 buildings · 10,511 m² new floor area · $990/m² new · +90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$8.8m
10 buildings · 7,417 m² new floor area · $1,157/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.4m
4 buildings · 1,707 m² new floor area · $2,738/m² new · +825% on the year before
- Offices$4.7m
4 buildings · 1,030 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +138% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.7m
2 buildings · 445 m² new floor area · $8,315/m² new · −60% on the year before
- Education$2.5m
2 buildings · 364 m² new floor area · $2,266/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.3m
2 buildings · 162 m² new floor area · $6,790/m² new · −69% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$1m
1 building · 210 m² new floor area · $4,762/m² new · −33% 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 Cromwell
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 17 from 1 Apr 2020 to 1 Jun 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.
- Commercial alterations5
typically $40k
- New commercial buildings5
typically $800k
- Farm buildings1
typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
17 consents
- Commercial alterations$40k
Three bay workshop/gge (il2 - intermittently occupied use outbuildings
- New commercial buildings$3m
New three bdrm dwg with office & attached gge housing - detached
- New commercial buildings$2m
New two storey three bdrm dwg with attached workshop commercial
- Commercial alterations$250k
New shed with amenities & gym. Outbuildings
- New commercial buildings$400k
Res building - living area, two bedrooms, office & housing - detached
- Commercial alterations$40k
New outbuilding with bathrm/office facilities outbuildings
- New commercial buildings$516k
New three bdrm dwg with office
- Farm buildings$40k
New implement shed
- Commercial alterations$200k
New detached gge & workshop with amenities
- Commercial alterations$3,500
Install a new jayline fire in home office
- New commercial buildings$800k
New two storied four-bdrm dwg with office & attached housing - detached
- New commercial buildings$350k
New one-bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg to be used as commercial
- Commercial alterations$80k
Change use of existing dbl gge to a home office
- Commercial alterations$45k
New 1800 x 7200 shed with studio/workshop & attached
- Commercial alterations$27k
New steel framed workshop
- Commercial alterations$200k
New two storey gge with upstairs sleepout/office outbuildings
- Commercial alterations$76k
New five-bay workshop/gge
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Cromwell
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cromwell?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 311 new homes consented in the Central Otago District council area, with $181m of residential and $63.3m 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.