Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Roslyn
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 Roslyn itself, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 190 consents we hold in Roslyn, 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 Roslyn’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 Roslyn
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Roslyn (Dunedin City). In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 11 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 Roslyn
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 190 from 1 Apr 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.
- Alterations and additions54
7 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Fires and heating22
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $900k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Retaining walls5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Multiple homes4
typically $1m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $800k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.2m1 x multi-unit dwg & 1 x detached dwg - 3 x 2 storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge - 1 x 2 storey detached 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 339 Highgate
- $1mErect 1x detached dwg & 2x attached dwgs with attached garages, construct retaining walls 157 Highgate
- $75kAmendment to aba-2022-1675 - revise beams, bracing, internal walls & smoke alarms, alt utility room, install skylight & wet-area shower in loft ensuite 5 Strathmore Crescent
- $50kInstall foundation retaining walls, floor slab & beams in dwg 20 Melrose Street
- $50kErect gge 243 Highgate
190 consents
- New homes$1m
Erect 1x detached dwg & 2x attached dwgs with attached garages, construct retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alt bathrm of dwg
- Retaining walls$50k
Install foundation retaining walls, floor slab & beams in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$35k
Form ensuite, alt laundry & bathrm in dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Amendment to aba-2024-863 - alt deck subfloor framing & construct timber pole retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$30k
Replace laundry door of dwg
- Fires and heating$17k
Install pellet fire in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
1 x multi-unit dwg & 1 x detached dwg - 3 x 2 storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge - 1 x 2 storey detached 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge amendment 1: corrected site plan. Final site information result
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install maxen kinmont 350-l heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,500
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman serene petite, freestanding, dry, cac 212697
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Stormwater drainage works required for proposed concrete driveway
- New homes$2.2m
1 x multi-unit dwg & 1 x detached dwg - 3 x 2 storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge - 1 x 2 storey detached 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
Amendment to aba-2024-240 - raise roof (above landing) to accommodate the height of the lift access
- Alterations and additions$75k
Amendment to aba-2022-1675 - revise beams, bracing, internal walls & smoke alarms, alt utility room, install skylight & wet-area shower in loft ensuite
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment to aba-2024-863 - alt beam fixing where the carport attaches to the dwg, & alt subfloor framing of deck
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect gge
- Alterations and additions$10k
Remove wall, install beam in bdrm 3 to create walk in wardrobe in dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install woodsman Brunner mkii heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Alt dwg to create self contained unit in gge & upgrade bathrm
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Construct foul & stormwater drainage for toilet house
- Retaining walls$8,600
Construct retaining wall & slab to form car pad
- Retaining walls$8,600
Construct retaining wall & slab to form car pad
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment to aba-2024-863 - extend lounge & gge, internal alterations, reconstruct deck & construct retaining wall
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Roslyn?
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.