Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glenleith
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 Glenleith itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 120 consents we hold in Glenleith, 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 Glenleith’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 Glenleith
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Glenleith. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 5 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 Glenleith
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 120 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 heating19
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $13k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $93k
- New homes2
typically $700k
- Retaining walls1
typically $10k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $200k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $12k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $171kConstruct ordinary & braced piles, retaining walls in subfloor, & stormwater drainage for dwg 39 Garden Place
- $150kAlt internal layout of dwg, install outdoor sink 220 Malvern Street
- $120kAdd lounge, bdrm & deck to dwg 59 Rockside Road
- $80kReplace wall, roof structure & claddings of conservatory & porch, alt bathrm of dwg 11 Leithton Close
- $20kConvert bdrm in dwg to ensuite & study 275 Malvern Street
120 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$120k
Add lounge, bdrm & deck to dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Convert bdrm in dwg to ensuite & study
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Construct private drainage (proposed lots 1 & 2)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Install toilet in bathrm of dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$80k
Replace wall, roof structure & claddings of conservatory & porch, alt bathrm of dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
Alt internal layout of dwg, install outdoor sink
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install wet-area shower in bathrm of dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install firenzo ag topaz insert heater in dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$171k
Construct ordinary & braced piles, retaining walls in subfloor, & stormwater drainage for dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install maxen kinmont 450 heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad woody heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Construct stormwater drainage
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman serene heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg in dwg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alt dwg - convert & enlarge storage to form bathrm
- Commercial alterations$200k
Erect studio & workshop
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350 heater in dwg
- Relocated buildings$40k
Construct foundations & services for relocated dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt dwg - upgrade bathrm & install wetfloor shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,600
Form laundry in shed, install sink
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad - base heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Alt dwg to convert gge to bdrm with ensuite, install wetfloor shower
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install Yunca Monte Euro heater in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glenleith?
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.