Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ravensbourne
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 Ravensbourne, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 91 consents we hold in Ravensbourne, 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 Ravensbourne’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 Ravensbourne
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ravensbourne sits in (Ravensbourne-St Leonards) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Ravensbourne
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 91 from 1 Jun 2014 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 heating19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- New homes10
6 in the last 12 months · typically $405k
- Retaining walls4
typically $25k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $16k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $178k
- Multiple homes1
typically $3.4m
- Commercial alterations1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $465kThree bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 43 Adderley Terrace
- $455kDwg with attached gge 49 adderley terrace Kaiapoi lot 28 dp 620715 49 Adderley Terrace
- $410kDwg with attached gge 47 Adderley Terrace Kaiapoi lot 29 dp 620715 47 Adderley Terrace
- $360kDwg with attached gge 48 adderley terrace Kaiapoi lot 139 dp 620715 48 Adderley Terrace
- $356kDwg with attached gge 45 adderley terrace Kaiapoi lot 30 dp 620715 45 Adderley Terrace
91 consents
- Alterations and additions$20k
Remove internal wall to create open plan kitchen & living room, alt layout of bathrm, toilet & laundry of dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$80k
Alt layout of bathrm, toilet & kitchen of dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue.
- New homes$230k
New dwg, construct car deck
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- New homes$410k
Dwg with attached gge 47 Adderley Terrace Kaiapoi lot 29 dp 620715
- New homes$465k
Three bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$356k
Dwg with attached gge 45 adderley terrace Kaiapoi lot 30 dp 620715
- New homes$455k
Dwg with attached gge 49 adderley terrace Kaiapoi lot 28 dp 620715
- New homes$360k
Dwg with attached gge 48 adderley terrace Kaiapoi lot 139 dp 620715
- Retaining walls$60k
Construct retaining walls to form road
- Alterations and additions$20k
Remove walls & install beams in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect carport
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350p heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro tiny rad leg heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen Henley 250 heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$200k
Rbw - additional & alt to fingle storey dwg with small storage basement. Replace cladding & windows - relocate some internal walls to new layout. Generally, renovate - add proprietary lo
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$20k
Remove walls, install beams, install nectre bakers oven heater with wet-back in dwg
- Alterations and additions$240k
Project is to repurpose storage building into caretakers residence, only internal rennovation work to convert it for caretaker of the complex.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install yunca monte heater with wet back in dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Alt dwg - alt layout to form open plan kitchen & lounge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt dwg - relocate bdrm, form laundry & alt bathrm layout
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro tiny rad leg heater in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ravensbourne?
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.