Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairfield
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 Fairfield itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 279 consents we hold in Fairfield, 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 Fairfield’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 Fairfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Fairfield (Dunedin City). In the year to September 2026: 3 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 Fairfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 279 from 1 Feb 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.
- Alterations and additions53
7 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Fires and heating42
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $537k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $8,500
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts6
typically $253k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $205k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $80k
- Multiple homes2
typically $625k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mTwo new 1 x bdrm duplexes & one 1 x bdrm dwg 33 Kennedy Road
- $500kConstruct new detached dwg & associated earthworks & services 143 Main Road
- $400kRes additions & alterations replace exterior joinery, reclad exterior, reclad & insulate interior walls, move walls, add ensuite 3 Hartley Street
- $280kNew dwg 44 Martin Road
- $110kAlt internal layout of dwg, relocate hot water cylinder, remove solid fuel burner, add deck, erect gge 98 Martin Road
279 consents
- Alterations and additions$100k
Add walk-in wardrobes to dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$10k
Timber pole retaining wall strengthening
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Convert cupboard to separate toilet & part laundry in dwg
- Fires and heating$60k
Remove wall, install beam & solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$10k
Form ensuite, alt bathrm layout in dwg, install solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- New homes$500k
Construct new detached dwg & associated earthworks & services
- Alterations and additions$110k
Alt internal layout of dwg, relocate hot water cylinder, remove solid fuel burner, add deck, erect gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$5,000
Add deck to dwg
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Extend dining room in dwg
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alt internal layout of dwg, create ensuite with wet floor shower & install solid fuel burner
- Relocated buildings$40k
Alt kitchen, dining room, bathrm & hallway, relocate laundry in dwg
- New homes$1.1m
Two new 1 x bdrm duplexes & one 1 x bdrm dwg
- New homes$280k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
To construct a bdrm add & new entry detached dwgs
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1,500
Add new toilet to existing bathrm housing - detached dwgs
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Install toilet in ensuite of dwg, construct foul drainage
- Alterations and additions$10k
Replace windows with sliding door in living room of dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New heating appliance
- Fires and heating$50k
Extend & alt dwg to create kitchen, install heater & erect deck with access stairs
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro xtreme rad leg heater in dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$400k
Res additions & alterations replace exterior joinery, reclad exterior, reclad & insulate interior walls, move walls, add ensuite
- Alterations and additions$50k
Extend & alt dwg - alt roof to add dormer, create ensuite & convert rumpus room into 2x bedrooms
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Near Fairfield
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairfield?
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.