Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Broad Bay
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 Broad Bay, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 112 consents we hold in Broad Bay, 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 Broad Bay’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 Broad Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Broad Bay sits in (Broad Bay-Portobello) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 0 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 Broad Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 112 from 1 Mar 2013 to 1 Sep 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.
- New homes15
4 in the last 12 months · typically $588k
- Alterations and additions15
3 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Fires and heating11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $30k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $742k
- Retaining walls2
typically $10k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Demolition1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $270k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $300k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kNew dwg with attached gge, construct retaining wall, install solid fuel burner & 3x water tanks 29 Batham Way
- $677kNew dwg with attached gge, install metro ultra tiny rad heater & water tank 8 Batham Way
- $550kNew dwg, install solid fuel burner 27 Waikana Street
- $450kNew dwg, add decks 5 Holm Avenue
- $270kAlt bathrm, demolish rear porch & extend dwg to create rear access, laundry & separate toilet, relocate hwc, add retaining wall. 675 Portobello Road
112 consents
- New homes$550k
New dwg, install solid fuel burner
- New homes$450k
New dwg, add decks
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alt bathrm, laundry & attic of dwg
- New homes$900k
New dwg with attached gge, construct retaining wall, install solid fuel burner & 3x water tanks
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Amendment to aba-2025-1569 - alt stormwater drainage
- Alterations and additions$70k
Remove storage to enlarge bathrm & laundry, install sliding door in dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Amendment to aba-2026-227 - alt porch foundation, remove existing wall & door
- Relocated buildings$25k
Relocate dwg & sleepout, construct retaining wall
- Fires and heating$12k
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Demolition$270k
Alt bathrm, demolish rear porch & extend dwg to create rear access, laundry & separate toilet, relocate hwc, add retaining wall.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Enclose porch of dwg to form separate toilet
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$35k
Replace septic system & install effluent field
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,000
Install warmington studio stove 14 heater in dwg
- New homes$677k
New dwg with attached gge, install metro ultra tiny rad heater & water tank
- New homes$375k
New dwg & install water tank
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alt bdrm & laundry to form ensuite & hall, install gas hot water system in dwg
- New homes$410k
New dwg
- New homes$660k
New dwg with attached gge, install pyro classic heater, water tank, & construct retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Remove wall between kitchen & dining, install beam in dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install metro xtreme rad - leg freestanding wood fire to replace existing
- New homes$851k
New dwg with attached gge, install Woodsman Brunner MKII heater, water tank & construct retaining walls
- New homes$701k
New dwg with attached gge, construct retaining walls & install foul & stormwater detention tanks
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1
Amendment to aba-2024-723 - revise layout, structure & drainage
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2024-1626 - revise layout, bracing & balustrades
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install maxen kinmont 350 in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Broad Bay?
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.