Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Blackhead
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 the statistical area around Blackhead, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 36 consents we hold in Blackhead, 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 Blackhead’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 Blackhead
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Blackhead sits in (Waldronville) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 1 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 Blackhead
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 36 from 1 Jan 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.
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions2
typically $12k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $24k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $64k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes1
typically $700k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $40kConstruct foundations for relocatable dwg, install water tanks & septic system with effluent field 173 Blackhead Road
- $5,000Install solid fuel burner in dwg 119 Green Island Bush Road
36 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Relocated buildings$40k
Construct foundations for relocatable dwg, install water tanks & septic system with effluent field
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$7,000
Install warmington studio heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2020-24 - change basalt stone veneer to macrocarpa rainscreen cladding over structural cavity
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$120k
Erect sleepout with bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$2,000
Construct sump, install downpipe for shed
- Alterations and additions$24k
Alt dwg - alt internal layout of bathrm (ground floor) & ensuite (first floor)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad base heater in dwg
- New homes$700k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Firenzo Kompact Athena Heater, Install 3 x 25,000L Rainwater Storage Tanks, Install Septic System
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install masport r5000 base heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Erect 4 bay pole shed, install water tank
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install blaze king sirocco 20 pedestal heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Amendment to aba-2015-757 - add bathrm to ground floor, alt layout of upstairs bathrm & remove cavity slider, alt deck balustrade
- New homes$400k
Erect Dwelling, Install Masport In-Built l7000 Heater, Install Water Tanks and Septic Tank
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to aba-2020-945 - alt foundation & walls of north wall of dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$500k
Erect Dwelling with attached Family Flat, Install Freestanding Ethos Galaxy Heater in Dwelling
- New homes$600k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Metrofire Xtreme Rad Leg Heater, Water Tank and Septic System
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extend living room of dwg
- New homes$212k
Erect Dwelling with Septic and Water Tanks
- New homes$700k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Bosca Limit 380 Heater in Dwelling, Install Septic Tanks, Water Tanks
- New homes$400k
Erect Dwelling, Install Freestanding Kent Forbes Bench Top Heater, Rainwater and Septic Tanks
- New homes$200k
Erect Log Dwelling, Install Freestanding Pyroclassic IV Heater with Wetback, Solar Hot Water, Rainwater Tanks, Septic Tank System
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$650k
Erect Dwelling with Detached Carport, Install Stovax Riva Studio 3 Heater, Septic and Rainwater Tanks
- New homes$900k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Spartherm Double Sided Heater, Septic Tank and Rainwater Tanks
- New homes$380k
Erect New Dwelling with Attached Garage and Skamotec 225 Heater, Connect to Existing Septic Tank, Install 2 Rain Water Tanks
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Blackhead?
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.