Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Highcliff
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 the statistical area around Highcliff, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 24 consents we hold in Highcliff, 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 Highcliff’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 Highcliff
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Highcliff sits in (Otago Peninsula) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 Highcliff
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 24 from 1 Aug 2013 to 1 Feb 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 homes6
typically $800k
- Alterations and additions3
typically $7,000
- Fires and heating3
typically $7,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $20kInstall laundry & separate toilet, add deck to dwg 300 Highcliff Road
24 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Install laundry & separate toilet, add deck to dwg
- Alterations and additions$160k
Remove wall & install beam to convert bdrm to dining, alt kitchen, part insulate exterior walls of dwg
- New homes$800k
Erect two-storey dwg with self-contained unit
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Tarras mkiii heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install champion ena pellet fire in dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Alt dwg - remove walls between living/dining/kitchen, install beam, & install metro xtreme rad woody heater with wet-back
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install masport osburn 1600 heater in dwg
- Commercial alterations$65k
Erect gge with workshop & toilet, install septic system & 3x water tanks
- New homes$800k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Two Water Tanks and Septic Tank with Effluent Dispersal Field
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Amendment to aba-2017-1236 - alt ground floor & ensuite layout, alt drainage
- New homes$1.8m
Erect Dwelling, Install Metro Ultra Extreme Rad Heater, Magic Carpet Lift, Install Outdoor Warmington Noveau SN1250 Heater, Erect Garage, Install Diesel Boiler and Metro Tiny Rad Heater in Garage, Water Tanks, Connect to Existing Septic System, Construct
- New homes
Erect Dwelling, Install Metro Ultra Extreme Rad Heater, Magic Carpet Lift, Install Outdoor Warmington Noveau SN1250 Heater, Erect Garage, Install Diesel Boiler and Metro Tiny Rad Heater in Garage, Water Tanks, Connect to Existing Septic System, Construct
- New homes$1m
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Stuv 30 Rural Freestanding Heater, Two Water Tanks and Septic Tank with Effluent Dispersal Field, Construct Retaining Walls
- New homes$800k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Construct Retaining Walls
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro Ltd wee rad leg heater, replace open vented hot water cylinder & wetback in dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$1
Amendment to aba-2020-1454 - alt deck bracing & handrail
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Akaroa heater in dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$18k
Add deck to dwelliing
- Alterations and additions$12k
Alt dwg - move ensuite door & install cavity slider, renovate ensuite
- New homes$900k
Erect Three Level Dwelling with Basement Garage and Foundation Retaining Walls
- New homes$500k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Pyroclassic IV Heater, Construct Retaining Wall
- New homes$250k
Convert Garage/Workshop into Dwelling with Attached Garage
- New homes$400k
ERECT DWELLING WITH ADJOINING GARAGE, SITEWORKS
- New homes$680k
ERECT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, INSTALL ESCEA IB850 FIRE IN DWELLING
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Highcliff?
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.