Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Helensburgh
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 Helensburgh itself, 22 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 138 consents we hold in Helensburgh, 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 Helensburgh’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 Helensburgh
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Helensburgh. In the year to September 2026: 18 houses, 4 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 Helensburgh
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 138 from 1 Jul 2014 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 homes26
15 in the last 12 months · typically $625k
- Alterations and additions22
3 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Fires and heating12
4 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $3,501
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $145k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $48k
- Retaining walls2
typically $43k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mR3 - 2 x new two-storey multi-res dwgs. Includes 8 units in total. 21 Derwent Street
- $980kNew dwg with basement gge, construct retaining walls 33 Flagstaff Drive
- $846k3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 32 Flagstaff Drive
- $800kNew dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner, construct retaining walls 9 Flagstaff Drive
- $690kNew dwg with attached gge 12 Flagstaff Drive
138 consents
- New homes$650k
New dwg with attached gge, construct retaining walls, install water tank
- New homes$690k
New dwg with attached gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Remove wall, install beam & foundation piles of dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge, & attached 1 bdrm domestic unit amendment 1: add of fire door
- New homes$601k
Single storey multi-unit dwg - 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge, & attached 1 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: add of fire door.
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Single storey multi-unit dwg – 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge, & attached 1 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: add of fire door.
- New homes$625k
Erect two-storey dwg with attached gge
- New homes$980k
New dwg with basement gge, construct retaining walls
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing metro xtreme rad ped woodburner & eco flue kit with dektite tray soaker flashing ceiling height 2.4m smoke alarms interconnected section 2.2 nzs4514:2021
- New homes$493k
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge, & attached 1 bdrm domestic unit
- New homes$650k
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$428k
Single storey 3 bedrooms domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$681k
New dwg with attached gge, construct retaining wall, install water tanks
- New homes$800k
New dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner, construct retaining walls
- New homes$500k
New dwg with attached gge
- New homes$422k
New dwg with attached gge
- New homes$649k
Single storey 3 bdrm detached dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$20k
Internal alt to provide a basin in wc, & alt bathrm layout, & add 2 bathrm & en suite on upper floor
- New homes$673k
Single storey 3 bdrm detached dwg with attached gge
- New homes$846k
3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$15k
Remove wall to create open plan kitchen & dining room, install wall bracing in kitchen & maxen cargill 350-d heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Remove walls & install beams to create open-plan kitchen & dining in dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
R1 - minor works - new metro wee rad woody freestanding wood burner.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Helensburgh?
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.