Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Dunedin
Councils consented $135m of non-residential building work in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, down 49% on the year before. Below: 105 commercial consents we hold in Dunedin, 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.
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
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 Dunedin
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 105 from 1 Feb 2017 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.
- Commercial alterations44
6 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- New commercial buildings6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $708k
- Fit-outs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Demolition2
typically $425k
- Farm buildings2
typically $65k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $30k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $950kRbw - pbc e2e - alterations & additions to existing two storey dwg to include new entry foyer, laundry, two x bathrooms, wc, media room, office, kitchen & deck. New retaining walls, retention 78 Aberdeen Road, Saint Clair
- $588kTransportable - 3 bdrm domestic dwg - factory built 496 South Road, Calton Hill
- $350kExtend dwg to create open plan kitchen, dining/living, install pyro classic heater, convert bathrm into office & laundry with toilet, construct additional lower-level gge, & form master bdrm with ensuite & walk in wardrobe 12 Bone Street, Shiel Hill
- $300kRbw -construction of a new single level extension including living area, office & 2 bedrooms with 2 ensuites. 51 Aberdeen Road, Saint Clair
- $210kFactory build - 2-bdrm dwg 142 North Road, North East Valley
105 consents
- Commercial alterations$15k
Alt internal layout to convert office to ensuite in dwg
- Fit-outs$20k
Convert dwg into 2 units with inter-tenancy firewall
- Commercial alterations$10k
Alt to workshop - unit 2 - add of wc to ground floor
- Commercial alterations$300k
Rbw -construction of a new single level extension including living area, office & 2 bedrooms with 2 ensuites.
- New commercial buildings$210k
Factory build - 2-bdrm dwg
- Commercial alterations$20k
Amendment to aba-2025-1448 - alt lintel in office & primary wardrobe, alt bracing, insulate exterior wall of bathrm, replace timber joists/decking of deck, & install new balustrade to deck
- New commercial buildings$588k
Transportable - 3 bdrm domestic dwg - factory built
- New commercial buildings$950k
Rbw - pbc e2e - alterations & additions to existing two storey dwg to include new entry foyer, laundry, two x bathrooms, wc, media room, office, kitchen & deck. New retaining walls, retention
- Commercial alterations$350k
Extend dwg to create open plan kitchen, dining/living, install pyro classic heater, convert bathrm into office & laundry with toilet, construct additional lower-level gge, & form master bdrm with ensuite & walk in wardrobe
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Create separate toilet in detached laundry/workshop
- Commercial alterations$1.3m
Amendment to aba-2025-795 - form office & accommodation, earthquake strengthening & add specified systems
- Fit-outs$95k
Rbw - factory works for the proposed minor dwg . Including wall & roof timber framing & the building envelope. Not including interior linings, interior water
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment to aba-2023-266 - alt layout of bathrm & office on ground floor, install type 2 surface water sump in driveway
- Commercial alterations$75k
R1 - conversion of workshop into new unit.
- Commercial alterations$20k
Amendment to aba-2025-40 - alt siting of gge, form kitchenette & washroom in workshop & install hot water cylinder
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment to aba-2024-1866 - alt wall framing to form storage in hall, change cladding, revise subfloor bracing, window sill heights & deck stringer
- Commercial alterations$150k
Extend dwg to form lounge & basement bdrm with ensuite, convert ensuite to office, install metro xtreme rad heater & construct deck
- Commercial alterations$55k
Alt dwg - convert bdrm to bathrm & bathrm to office
- New commercial buildings$980k
Rbw - factory works to construct proposed dwg (three modules). Deliver the modules to 8 kiwi St, Waiheke Island (as part of a separate consent).
- Commercial alterations$200k
Erect studio & workshop
- New commercial buildings$616k
Rbw - dwg consisting of two modules to be built in factory to cavity stage. Framing to be erected, rigid air barrier & membrane substrate to be installed, cavity battens, flashings, closers to
- Commercial alterations$200k
Extend & alt dwg - repile house to raise finished floor level, demolish deck, extend to form open plan kitchen & living, bdrm & office, construct deck
- Fit-outs$10k
Commercial kitchen fit out including plumbing & drainage, installation of grease converter & extract hood. Installation of a fire alarm system & emergency lighting system with upgrade to means of escape & de-commissioning of the intermediate fl
- Relocated buildings$30k
Relocate laundry & convert office to bdrm
- Commercial alterations$60k
Alt dwg - convert gge to studio, office, & bathrm, alt layout
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Suburbs in Dunedin
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
- Saint Clair2 / 7
- North East Valley2 / 5
- Shiel Hill1 / 6
- Waverley1 / 3
- Saint Kilda1 / 2
- Kew1 / 2
- Liberton1 / 1
- Calton Hill1 / 1
- Maori Hill0 / 6
- Fairfield0 / 5
- Dunedin Central0 / 4
- Andersons Bay0 / 4
- Green Island0 / 4
- Opoho0 / 4
- Vauxhall0 / 4
- Corstorphine0 / 3
- Belleknowes0 / 3
- Broad Bay0 / 3
- Macandrew Bay0 / 2
- Chain Hills0 / 2
- Kaikorai0 / 2
- Company Bay0 / 2
- Maryhill0 / 2
- Mornington0 / 2
- Port Chalmers0 / 2
- Abbotsford0 / 2
- Caversham0 / 2
- Ravensbourne0 / 1
- Roslyn0 / 1
- Saint Leonards0 / 1
- Brighton0 / 1
- South Dunedin0 / 1
- Tainui0 / 1
- Glenleith0 / 1
- Highcliff0 / 1
- Helensburgh0 / 1
- Kenmure0 / 1
- Kuri Bush0 / 1
- Lower Portobello0 / 1
- Maia0 / 1
- Musselburgh0 / 1
- Normanby0 / 1
- North Dunedin0 / 1
- Ocean Grove0 / 1
- Ocean View0 / 1
- Wakari0 / 1
- Portobello0 / 1
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dunedin?
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.