Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Corstorphine
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 Corstorphine itself, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 195 consents we hold in Corstorphine, 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 Corstorphine’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 Corstorphine
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Corstorphine. In the year to September 2026: 9 houses, 3 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 Corstorphine
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 195 from 1 Apr 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 additions17
4 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Fires and heating16
5 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $25k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $187k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $5,500
- Retaining walls3
typically $30k
- Multiple homes2
typically $1.6m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550kErect 2x attached dwgs with carports 121 Stevenson Road
- $550kNew single storey 3 bdrm dwg & single storey 2 bdrm flat 115 Middleton Road
- $300kStage 2 - convert site prefabricated building to family flat, install solar hot water heating, water tanks & coupling adjacent to hardstand for firefighting, upgrade existing septic system & install barrier to existing retaining wall 283 Hillhead Road
- $120kCreate open plan kitchen, dining & living room, convert laundry into scullery, reconfigure bedrooms & bathrm, replace roof, install metro rad one heater in dwg 56 Clermiston Avenue
- $10kRemove exterior walls & install beam to extend study in dwg 12 Dallimore Lane
195 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$1,500
Heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install refurbished pellet fire in dwg
- New homes$550k
New single storey 3 bdrm dwg & single storey 2 bdrm flat
- New homes$550k
Erect 2x attached dwgs with carports
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2024-2109 - alt hold downs to foundation
- Fires and heating$8,040
Installation of a new woodsman serene freestanding wood
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$120k
Create open plan kitchen, dining & living room, convert laundry into scullery, reconfigure bedrooms & bathrm, replace roof, install metro rad one heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Remove exterior walls & install beam to extend study in dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$300k
Stage 2 - convert site prefabricated building to family flat, install solar hot water heating, water tanks & coupling adjacent to hardstand for firefighting, upgrade existing septic system & install barrier to existing retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Enlarge opening between living/dining, replace beam between dining/kitchen in dwg
- Retaining walls$150k
Convert basement of dwg to self contained unit, construct retaining walls & install sump
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Install toilet in bathrm of dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Install lintel, reconstruct deck & part insulate exterior walls of dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to ABA-2025-932 - alt pile foundation/framing to align with sloped site, & install balustrade to deck
- Retaining walls$30k
Construct retaining wall
- Multiple homes$750k
Erect two attached dwgs (unit 1 & 2), separate dwg (unit 3), carport & deck with access stair
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$193k
Erect sleepout with deck
- Alterations and additions$67k
Alt dwg - alt bathrm (wet-area shower) & laundry
- Alterations and additions$65k
Convert storeroom to bathrm in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Construct stormwater drainage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Construct foul & stormwater drainage (proposed lots 1-2)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Corstorphine?
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.