Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kenmure
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 Kenmure itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 179 consents we hold in Kenmure, 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 Kenmure’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 Kenmure
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Kenmure. 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 Kenmure
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 179 from 1 Jun 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 heating25
6 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions24
5 in the last 12 months · typically $17k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- New homes11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $37k
- Retaining walls4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $100k
- Multiple homes1
typically $620k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1mC1 - change of use - add & alt to existing two-storey dwg & create a new household unit on ground level. 104 Mornington Road
- $270kExtend dwg to create bdrm & enlarge lounge 48 Hocken Street
- $240kExtend dwg to enlarge kitchen & living area, form mud room, add deck with external stairs 8 Shirley Place
- $100kRemedial work to fire damaged dwg, alt structure, reline interior, insulate exterior walls, enlarge ensuite, install hot water cylinder 116 Barr Street
- $65kAmendment to bco10366041 - extend previously consented covered deck by 3m. Alt internal walls to created new ensuite. Install solar panels over 80 sqm in area. 60 Barr Street
179 consents
- Alterations and additions$20k
Convert bdrm of dwg to ensuite & walk in wardrobe
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$15k
Alt & reclad roof of dwg
- Retaining walls$10k
Construct retaining wall
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$240k
Extend dwg to enlarge kitchen & living area, form mud room, add deck with external stairs
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install solid fuel heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$41k
Erect gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$65k
Amendment to bco10366041 - extend previously consented covered deck by 3m. Alt internal walls to created new ensuite. Install solar panels over 80 sqm in area.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Remedial work to fire damaged dwg, alt structure, reline interior, insulate exterior walls, enlarge ensuite, install hot water cylinder
- Alterations and additions$10k
Amendment to aba-2025-1945 - extend living room, alt structural details
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt internal layout of dwg, reconfigure bathrm, install wet floor area shower & remove bath
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- New homes$1m
C1 - change of use - add & alt to existing two-storey dwg & create a new household unit on ground level.
- Alterations and additions$270k
Extend dwg to create bdrm & enlarge lounge
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install sump
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install champion ena plus pellet fire in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,500
Install toilet in bathrm of dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
Add deck with existing access stairs to dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install sumps
- Garages, sheds and carports$1m
Rbw - detached dwg. Add gge area, bathrooms, bedrooms, covered deck areas & extend existing living area. Ribraft slabs, timber framed walls, some steel structure. Rafter roofs, rib profile lon
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$30k
Add to dwg - demolish existing cantilevered deck (in-part), construct new deck & install new balustrade
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Add to dwg - demolish existing deck & erect new deck with access stairs
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kenmure?
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.