Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Roseneath
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 Roseneath, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 35 consents we hold in Roseneath, 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 Roseneath’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 Roseneath
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Roseneath sits in (Roseneath-Sawyers Bay) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Roseneath
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 Sep 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 heating6
typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $10k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $290k
- New homes1
typically $470k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500kConvert workshop to bdrm & bathrm on ground floor of dwg, remove walls, form open plan living, install solid fuel burner 3 Prospect Row
- $80kErect shed, construct retaining walls 20 Noyna Road
- $40kConvert part bathrm of dwg to ensuite 34 District Road
35 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$500k
Convert workshop to bdrm & bathrm on ground floor of dwg, remove walls, form open plan living, install solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Erect shed, construct retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$40k
Convert part bathrm of dwg to ensuite
- Alterations and additions$50k
Extend & alt internal layout of dwg, install quinn lift
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- New homes$470k
New dwg, install woodsman serene heater
- Alterations and additions$30k
Apply waterproofing membrane & tiles to shower (walls only) in bathrm of dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install firenzo lady kitchener pedestal uleb heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman toara heater in dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$1
Amendment to aba-2021-2848 - reduce deck size
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Alt layout of bathrm (wet-area shower)
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$200k
Extend dwg - add second lobby, kitchen, living room, verandah, bathrm & two bedrooms, alt layout of laundry
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Add to dwg - demolish existing deck, construct deck with access stairs & balustrade
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro xtreme ped freestanding heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to aba-2016-1165 - add ensuite to basement/bed 4, add retaining wall, revised entry porch roof, replace pile detail, dining room wall repositioned, structure to opening in wall of bdrm 4 (beam), alt position of step to laundry, relocat
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Amendment to aba-2016-1165 - alt gge - add windows, reconstruct framing, cladding
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install fisher hanmer heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$70k
Remove walls between the lounge/kitchen-dining/entry areas & install beams, install yunca xander insert heater, add deck & construct retaining walls
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Amendment to aba-2020-956 - install sump, pump & drainage coil
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
Erect self-contained family flat with warmington studio stove heater, construct retaining wall
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
Erect Self-Contained Family Flat with Warmington Studio Stove Heater, Construct Retaining Wall
- New homes$601k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Rinnai Arriva Gas Fire
- New homes
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Rinnai Arriva Gas Fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Roseneath?
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.