Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Dannevirke
Councils consented $17.9m of non-residential building work in the Tararua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 222% on the year before. Below: 15 commercial consents we hold in Dannevirke, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tararua 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 — Tararua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.5m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $8,120/m² new · +694% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
23 buildings · 4,758 m² new floor area · $511/m² new · +256% on the year before
- Education$2.3m
+7% on the year before
- Offices$1.4m
1 building · 165 m² new floor area · $2,727/m² new
- Factories and industrial$1.3m
+205% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$349k
1 building · 93 m² new floor area · $1,720/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$25k
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 Dannevirke
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 15 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 May 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.
- Commercial alterations9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Fit-outs1
typically $17m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500kRbw - move, extend & renovate an existing dwg providing 4 bedrooms, open plan living-dining-kitchen, 1 lounge, 1 scullery, 1 laundry, 1 bathrm, 2 ensuites, 1 walk in wardrobe, 1 office nook, 11 Chamberlain Street, Dannevirke
- $65kGge/workshop - 5m bay extension to existing shed 21C Adelaide Road, Dannevirke
15 consents
- Commercial alterations$500k
Rbw - move, extend & renovate an existing dwg providing 4 bedrooms, open plan living-dining-kitchen, 1 lounge, 1 scullery, 1 laundry, 1 bathrm, 2 ensuites, 1 walk in wardrobe, 1 office nook,
- Commercial alterations$65k
Gge/workshop - 5m bay extension to existing shed
- Fit-outs$17m
Stage 3 of 3 - fitout & services of apartments, corridors, lobby & basement.
- Commercial alterations$25k
Minor plumbing work - add bathrm to existing workshop
- Commercial alterations$3,000
Install solid fuel heater - masen woodburner in workshop
- Commercial alterations$37k
Erect new gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$80k
An existing spa room at Rosehill special school is being renovated to provide an extra shower & toilet facility for high dependenc y students.
- Commercial alterations$56k
Gge workshop 82.80m2 209 high St Oxford lot 1 dp 16889
- Commercial alterations$38k
Gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$42k
Gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$44k
Gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$18k
Gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$40k
Gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$11k
Gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$70k
Gge/workshop
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Dannevirke
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dannevirke?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 33 new homes consented in the Tararua District council area, with $24.1m of residential and $17.9m 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.