Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Queensberry
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 Queensberry, 43 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 54 consents we hold in Queensberry, 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 Queensberry’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 Queensberry
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Queensberry 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 Queensberry
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 54 from 17 Dec 2018 to 1 Jul 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports16
4 in the last 12 months · typically $99k
- New homes12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $590k
- Fires and heating8
typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions5
typically $20k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $20k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $516k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $40k
- Pools and spas1
typically $9,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mNew two bdrm dwg housing - detached 16C Estrella Heights Lane
- $591kNew two-bdrm dwg with detached dbl gge 47 Catalina Way
- $420kNew two bdrm dwg housing - detached 193 Pukerangi Drive
- $300kAdditions & alterations to existing dwg & new shed housing - detached 55 Totara Place
- $98kNew three bay shed with wc & heating appliance 22 Akanaw Lane
54 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$64k
Construction of a single-storey steel-framed shed
- Insulation$1
2 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: add edge insulation to engineered raft foundation.
- New homes$591k
New two-bdrm dwg with detached dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$84k
New three bay shed with attached carport outbuildings
- New homes$1.2m
New two bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$98k
New three bay shed with wc & heating appliance
- New homes$420k
New two bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg & new shed housing - detached
- Fires and heating$9,000
New freestanding fireplace housing - detached
- New homes$850k
2 bdrm domestic dwg
- New homes$890k
New three bdrm dwg with attached carport & housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
New boat shed with bdrm & ensuite housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
New gge outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New gge outbuildings
- New homes$220k
New two bdrm dwg (to be relocated) housing - detached
- Fires and heating$8,000
Metro Ltd rad plus freestanding wood fire (dry back - housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$72k
New detached gge outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$500k
Additions & alterations to existing gge.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
New septic tank ancillary
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding pyro mini wood burner housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$170k
New six-bay shed. Outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$137k
New shed with plumbing for future use outbuildings
- Pools and spas$9,000
New pool barrier housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$350k
Additions to existing dwg (extension) housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$880k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg (3 bedrooms, housing - detached
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Queensberry?
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.