Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Belleknowes
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. In Belleknowes itself, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 215 consents we hold in Belleknowes, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Belleknowes’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin City, 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 548 in 2021.
New homes in Belleknowes
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Belleknowes. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 5 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 — Dunedin City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Belleknowes
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 215 from 1 Oct 2013 to 1 Aug 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 additions44
4 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Fires and heating27
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- New homes9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $429k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $165k
- Demolition4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $68k
- Retaining walls4
typically $17k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
typically $113k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600kNew dwg 4 Belleknowes Terrace
- $250kAlt to dwg - changes to main dwg include add of bedrooms & ensuite, convert studio & detached gge to dwgs 65 Lonsdale Street
- $150kAlt internal layout of dwg, extend roof, form laundry & toilet in gge 2 Epsilon Street
- $90kDemolish & replace lean-to gge attached to dwg 10 Gamma Street
- $80kRbw - the proposed works involve reconfiguring the two existing units by relocating internal rooms, removing load-bearing walls, re-piling both units, & raising the floor level & lean-to roof of u 7 Harcourt Street
215 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Install toilet in laundry of dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - the proposed works involve reconfiguring the two existing units by relocating internal rooms, removing load-bearing walls, re-piling both units, & raising the floor level & lean-to roof of u
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$250k
Alt to dwg - changes to main dwg include add of bedrooms & ensuite, convert studio & detached gge to dwgs
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Demolition$90k
Demolish & replace lean-to gge attached to dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport uleb freestanding logburner 53 highgate drive Rangiora lot 47 dp 519404
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Alt internal layout of dwg, extend roof, form laundry & toilet in gge
- Alterations and additions$60k
Form ensuite (wet-area shower) in dwg, alt kitchen & bathrm, convert toilet to storage, relocate hot water cylinder
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alt dwg to create open-plan kitchen & dining area, form wet-area shower & install toilet in bathrm, alt laundry, install metro smart insert heater & hot water cylinder
- New homes$600k
New dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Enclose existing 3 sided carport structure to form temporary accommodation for house build
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a new Rangitata masonary inbuilt wood burner
- Alterations and additions$50k
Convert outbuilding to self-contained unit
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Replace wet-area shower in ensuite in dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Remove wall, install beam & metro smart insert heater in dwg
- Insulation$2,800
Install insulmax blown insulation into exterior walls
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
Alt & extend dwg to form studio with kitchen & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$125k
Res/farm - construction of new detached poolhouse to rear of res site
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Rbw - amendment to building consent no bco10382483: reclad - change cladding type from hardies vertical linea oblique to hermpac accoya horizontal rusticated weatherboards. Additional north deck detai
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install woodsman Brunner mkii heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Convert hallway of dwg to laundry & toilet
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
Add deck to dwg
- Fires and heating$7,500
Installation of woodsman serene uleb solid fuel burner
- Demolition$30k
Demolish conservatory, relocate laundry to gge, remove walls & install beam to create open-plan kitchen, dining & living, install warmington studio stove 14 heater & add deck to dwg
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Upgrade wet-area shower in bathrm of dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Belleknowes?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.