Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Saddle Hill
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 Saddle Hill, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Saddle Hill, 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 Saddle Hill’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 Saddle Hill
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Saddle Hill 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 Saddle Hill
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Dec 2014 to 1 Nov 2025. 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 homes3
typically $950k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $50k
- Fires and heating1
typically $5,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $1m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
18 consents
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Replace shower with wet-area shower in ensuite of dwg
- New homes$1.2m
New dwg with attached gge, install escea tc950 heater, sime soilda ev6 boiler, sprinkler system, water tank & septic system & construct retaining wall
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro smart insert heater in dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1m
New dwg with attached gge, erect family flat, install septic system & water tanks
- New homes$250k
New dwg with attached garages - install septic system, x4 water tanks & yunca blenz heater
- New homes$950k
New dwg with attached gge, install septic system, & 4x water tanks
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect shed & install water tank
- New homes$280k
Erect Dwelling with Septic and Water Tanks, Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Heater
- New homes
Erect Dwelling with Septic and Water Tanks, Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Erect gge
- New homes$399k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Metro LTD Wee Rad-Woody Heater, Water Tanks and Septic Tank
- New homes$460k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Two Rainwater Tanks, Septic Tank and Masport Mackenzie R10000 Heater, Erect Two Sheds
- New homes$1.2m
Demolish Dwelling, Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Masport Osburn Heater, Retaining Wall, Diesel Boiler and Associated Site work, Connect to existing Rainwater and Septic Tanks
- New homes
Demolish Dwelling, Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Masport Osburn Heater, Retaining Wall, Diesel Boiler and Associated Site work, Connect to existing Rainwater and Septic Tanks
- New homes$500k
R1 - Erect Dwelling with Detached Garage, Install Ethos Aquous Heater, Septic and Rainwater Tanks
- New homes$534k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Masport R5000 Woodburner, Septic Tank, Rainwater Tanks, Erect Workshop
- New homes$642k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Septic and Water Tanks, Install Yunca Wegj Wood Burner on Wetback
- New homes$430k
ERECT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, INSTALL METRO RAD WOODBURNER ON WETBACK, SEPTIC TANK, RAINWATER TANKS
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Saddle Hill?
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.