Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tarras
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 Tarras, 43 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 13 consents we hold in Tarras, 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 Tarras’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 Tarras
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tarras 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 Tarras
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 13 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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.
- Fires and heating3
typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions2
typically $560k
- New homes2
typically $590k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $52k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $21k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
13 consents
- Alterations and additions$250k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (reconfigure) & housing - detached
- New homes$505k
New three bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$870k
Alterations & extension to existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$21k
Alterations to existing dwg (structural strengthening) housing - detached
- Relocated buildings$52k
Siting & foundations for relocated three bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install new freestanding masport fire heating
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new freestanding woodsman fire heating
- New homes$675k
New two bdrm dwg with attached gge housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install a new woodsman Tarras wood burner
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install a new free standing woodsman Tarras mkiii wood heating
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a new metro wee rad woody woodburner
- Alterations and additions$540k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg
- New homes$375k
New three bdrm dwg with attached carport
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Near Tarras
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tarras?
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.