Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Saint Leonards
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 Leonards itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 87 consents we hold in Saint Leonards, 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 Leonards’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 Leonards
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Ravensbourne-St Leonards. 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 Saint Leonards
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 87 from 1 Mar 2013 to 1 May 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.
- New homes15
typically $600k
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater6
typically $14k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $25k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Demolition1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $550k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $2,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550kAmendment to aba-2022-776 - delete kitchen alt, demolish landslip damaged section of dwg, extend dwg & deck, install hot water cylinder & solid fuel burner with wet-back 1 Burkes Drive
- $3,000Replace existing fire metro wee rad with same make & model metro wee rad logfire 9 Ruru Avenue
- $1Amendment to aba-2025-1219 - alt exterior cladding, gge door & window positioning 3 Ruru Avenue
87 consents
- Demolition$550k
Amendment to aba-2022-776 - delete kitchen alt, demolish landslip damaged section of dwg, extend dwg & deck, install hot water cylinder & solid fuel burner with wet-back
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replace existing fire metro wee rad with same make & model metro wee rad logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment to aba-2025-1219 - alt exterior cladding, gge door & window positioning
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$75k
Convert laundry to laundry/toilet, storage to toilet, & bedrooms 1/2 to master, install shower in bathrm, remove wall/beams & replace with new beam in kitchen, install Masport Akaroa heater in dwg & add deck with access stairs
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alt fire damaged dwg - reinstate bdrm 1, replace wall linings/bracing, ceiling linings & trussed roof/roofing as specified, retrofit insulation & replace existing heater with kent Cardrona heater
- New homes$1.4m
New dwg with basement gge, install stuv 30 compact one heater & powerglide s-series lift
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Alt dwg - reposition wall between toilet room & entry to create enlarged toilet room with walk-in wardrobe
- New homes$300k
New dwg, install metro tiny rad woody heater
- Fires and heating$125k
Remove pellet boiler from dwg, remove wall, install beam, door, window & pellematic pes 56 pellet boiler in boilerhouse
- New homes$200k
New dwg & install metro wee rad heater
- New homes$396k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$412k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install Masport Kaituna heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$7,000
Install stormwater drainage
- New homes$900k
New dwg with attached gge, install Metro Ambie One heater, sprinkler system, water tanks & septic system
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$2,000
Amendment to aba-2023-1322 - alt deck & bracing
- New homes$900k
New dwg with basement gge, construct retaining walls associated with the foundations & driveway
- Alterations and additions$250k
Alt dwg - alt internal layout of living, dining, kitchen, pantry, bathrm, laundry, relocate internal stairs & hot water cylinder, demolish conservatory & decks, construct decks with access stairs (west deck only)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Construct subdivision drainage
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca xander heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Amendment to aba-2022-1961 - change shower cubicle to tiled wet-floor shower
- Fires and heating$14k
Install rika domo pellet fire in dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt dwg - alt internal layout of bathrm & utility room
- New homes$120k
Stage 1 of 2 - Construct Foundations/Foundation Retaining Walls, and In-Ground Services for Future Dwelling
- Fires and heating$64k
Site prefabricated dwg - install masport Wanaka heater, construct pile foundations, baseboards, deck & access stairs, connect to site services
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Saint Leonards?
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.