Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ocean View
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 View, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 93 consents we hold in Ocean View, 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 View’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 View
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ocean View sits in (Saddle Hill-Chain Hills) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 1 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 View
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 93 from 1 Jun 2013 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.
- Fires and heating11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $515k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $30k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
typically $200k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $3,000
- Retaining walls2
typically $18k
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.8m
- Farm buildings1
typically $95k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8mErect pool house & install 2x water tanks 162 Creamery Road
- $500kNew dwg with attached gge & construct retaining wall 773 Brighton Road
- $15kInstall pellet fire in dwg 5 Kayforce Road
- $7,000Install solid fuel burner in dwg 860 Brighton Road
93 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$15k
Install pellet fire in dwg
- Pools and spas$1.8m
Erect pool house & install 2x water tanks
- New homes$500k
New dwg with attached gge & construct retaining wall
- New homes$1m
New dwg with attached gge, install escea tc950 heater, water tanks & septic tank with effluent dispersal field
- Garages, sheds and carports$1,000
Amendment to aba-2025-76 - add bathrm to gge, reduce window size, alt internal wall dimension
- New homes$350k
New dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Erect shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport coronet heater in dwg
- New homes$670k
New dwg with attached gge
- New homes$950k
New dwg, detached poolhouse & detached gge/workshop, construct retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alt dwg - remove walls & install beams, alt kitchen, bathrm (wet-area shower) & rumpus, erect deck
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca oscar heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$200k
Extend dwg to form kitchen, dining, sitting, toilet, laundry & bathrm (wet-area shower), install stovax in-built heater
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install woodsman serene petite heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install firebird boiler in dwg
- Retaining walls$20k
Construct retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alt dwg - form bathrm in laundry, enlarge bdrm & install wetfloor shower
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to ABA 2022-2491 - remove eaves
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install Scandia Warmbrite 140LE heater in dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
Extend & alt dwg to enlarge kitchen & dining area & relocate living room, bdrm & laundry, convert detached gge to self contained studio unit & install Metro Wee Rad heater & hot water cylinder
- New homes$165k
New dwg, install water tank, & connect to existing septic tank with effluent dispersal field
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Amendment to aba-2022-2182 - delete soak pits, alt stormwater drainage
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$250k
Erect family flat
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodman Tasman mkii heater with wetback in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ocean View?
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.