Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lowburn
311 new homes were consented in the Central Otago District council area in the year to September 2026, up 2% on the year before. They also consented $63.3m of non-residential building work, up 44% on the year before. In the statistical area around Lowburn, 43 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 24 consents we hold in Lowburn, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Lowburn’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Otago 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 409 in 2017.
New homes in Lowburn
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Lowburn sits in (Lindis-Nevis Valleys) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 41 houses, 2 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
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
Consents on record in Lowburn
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 24 from 1 Mar 2020 to 1 Jun 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.
- Alterations and additions5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- New homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $553k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $141k
- Fires and heating2
typically $5,000
- Pools and spas2
typically $80k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $102k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $20k
- Multiple homes1
typically $495k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $920k3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 1 Velden Place
- $700kAdditions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached 23 Lowburn Valley Road
- $250kAdditions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached 25 Lowburn Valley Road
- $150kNew steel framed il1 non-habitable shed with wc 3 Mallett Lane
- $141kNew shed with amenities & pottery room outbuildings 6 Mallett Lane
24 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$141k
New shed with amenities & pottery room outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$700k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$100k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg (enclosed housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
New steel framed il1 non-habitable shed with wc
- New homes$920k
3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$250k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
- Multiple homes$495k
Two new dwgs
- New homes$305k
New three bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alterations to existing dwg (windows/roof/bathrm) housing - detached
- Pools and spas$10k
New in-ground swimming pool
- Pools and spas$150k
New swimming pool & barrier ancillary
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding masport fireplace heating
- Garages, sheds and carports$67k
New gge outbuildings
- New homes$120k
New one bdrm dwg (kitchenette only) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$40k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg (bdrm & housing - detached
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
Add to existing dwg (verandah) housing - detached
- Commercial alterations$200k
New detached gge & workshop with amenities
- Commercial alterations$3,500
Install a new jayline fire in home office
- New homes$800k
New three-bdrm dwg with study housing - detached
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
New deck & landscaped terrace with gabion retaining walls housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a new free standing woodsman Tarras iii wood burner heating
- New homes$500k
Construct new dbl storey 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$165k
New two-bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install a new free-standing masport Akaroa woodburner
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Near Lowburn
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lowburn?
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.