Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Saint Clair
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 Saint Clair itself, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 391 consents we hold in Saint Clair, 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 Saint Clair’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 Saint Clair
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: St Clair. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 5 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 Saint Clair
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 391 from 1 Jan 2013 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 additions79
7 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Fires and heating40
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $800k
- Garages, sheds and carports15
4 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater12
1 in the last 12 months · typically $17k
- Retaining walls8
typically $18k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs7
typically $25k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
typically $50k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
typically $20k
- Demolition3
typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mNew dwg with detached gge, install solid fuel burner, construct retaining walls 4 Clayton Street
- $950kRbw - pbc e2e - alterations & additions to existing two storey dwg to include new entry foyer, laundry, two x bathrooms, wc, media room, office, kitchen & deck. New retaining walls, retention 78 Aberdeen Road
- $600kExtend & alt internal layout of dwg, add attached gge, install solid fuel burner 16 Sandringham Street
- $407kNew dwg 10 Earls Road
- $300kRbw -construction of a new single level extension including living area, office & 2 bedrooms with 2 ensuites. 51 Aberdeen Road
391 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment to aba-2018-735 - delete work to gge, bathrm & laundry, change solid fuel burner
- New homes$1.5m
New dwg with detached gge, install solid fuel burner, construct retaining walls
- Garages, sheds and carports$200k
Rbw - alt to existing carport.
- Fires and heating$200k
Extend & alt layout of dwg, form toilet, install shower & solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$120k
Extend dwg to form open plan living room
- Fires and heating$50k
Alt bathrm, install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Amendment to aba-2026-590 - install additional solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2025-1247 - remove exterior door, relocate laundry to basement, alt stairway of dwg
- Fires and heating$12k
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$35k
Install shower in laundry of dwg
- Fires and heating$10k
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$600k
Extend & alt internal layout of dwg, add attached gge, install solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alt internal layout of dwg (unit 1) & storage room, install fire wall
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Demolish & erect gge
- Alterations and additions$105k
Dwg add
- Commercial alterations$300k
Rbw -construction of a new single level extension including living area, office & 2 bedrooms with 2 ensuites.
- Alterations and additions$15k
Demolish old brick chimney, frame in new walls & install new log burner.
- New homes$407k
New dwg
- New commercial buildings$950k
Rbw - pbc e2e - alterations & additions to existing two storey dwg to include new entry foyer, laundry, two x bathrooms, wc, media room, office, kitchen & deck. New retaining walls, retention
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alt dwg - remove walls to create open-plan kitchen, dining room & lounge, enclose porch & remove toilet to create extended laundry, convert self-contained unit into bdrm 4 with ensuite
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Replace shower waterproofing, replace toilet & vanity in ensuite of dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Rangitata insert heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alt bathrooms in dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Amendment to aba-2024-2159 - change shower to wet-area shower in first floor ensuite, install bidet seats to all toilets
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Saint Clair?
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.