Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ocean Grove
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 Ocean Grove, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 71 consents we hold in Ocean Grove, 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 Ocean Grove’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 Ocean Grove
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ocean Grove 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 Ocean Grove
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 71 from 1 Apr 2015 to 1 Jun 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 homes10
4 in the last 12 months · typically $451k
- Alterations and additions7
typically $7,000
- Fires and heating6
typically $6,500
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $5,000
- Insulation3
typically $25k
- Demolition1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $36k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kNew dwg with attached gge, cantilevered deck & construct retaining walls 17 Centre Road
- $870kErect two storey dwg, install solid fuel burner 2 Sunset Terrace
- $463kSingle storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 25 Luke Street
- $192kNew 2 bdrm dwg 1 Lombardy Street
- $40kDemolish deck of dwg & replace with enlarged deck 41 Oregon Street
71 consents
- New homes$463k
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$870k
Erect two storey dwg, install solid fuel burner
- Demolition$40k
Demolish deck of dwg & replace with enlarged deck
- New homes$900k
New dwg with attached gge, cantilevered deck & construct retaining walls
- New homes$192k
New 2 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to aba-2024-1616 - remove wall & install beam to enlarge living room
- Insulation$20k
Alt internal layout & insulate exterior walls of bathrm in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro xtreme rad woody heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$540k
Extend & alt dwg - alt internal layout, form bdrm & ensuite (wet-area shower) & erect decks
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt internal layout of dwg - form bdrm, entry, laundry & bathrm
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350 heater with wetback in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Construct foul & stormwater drainage
- Insulation$25k
Alt dwg - remove walls, install beam, form bathrm, insulate exterior walls
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$1
Amendment to ABA-2023-738 - alt deck & associated balustrade
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install Metro Wee Rad - leg heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$130k
Extend dwg to enlarge kitchen & add master bdrm, relocated bathrm & laundry, reclad dwg, construct roof between gge & dwg to form carport, add decks
- Garages, sheds and carports$36k
Erect gge
- New homes$250k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2021-1133 - alt siting of dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install jayline fr400 heater in dwg
- New homes$438k
Erect Dwelling, Install Yunca Monte Base Heater and Construct Retaining Walls
- New homes$850k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Construct Retaining Walls
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to aba-2022-1010 - change ensuite shower to wet area shower, alt beam footing
- Insulation$200k
Alt dwg - alt layout of dwg, add ensuite, install insulation & champion ena plus heater, reclad exterior walls
- Fires and heating$19k
Install bathrm & metro tiny ped heater in gge, construct foul sewer drainage
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ocean Grove?
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.