Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in The Glen
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 The Glen, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 50 consents we hold in The Glen, 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 The Glen’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 The Glen
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area The Glen sits in (Mornington) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 4 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 The Glen
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 50 from 1 Nov 2014 to 1 Apr 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 heating10
typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes3
typically $1.9m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $7,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $150k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $150k
- Multiple homes1
typically $450k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $50kAlt internal layout of dwg, add ensuite, enlarge kitchen, install solid fuel burner 21 Neidpath Road
50 consents
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alt internal layout of dwg, add ensuite, enlarge kitchen, install solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$50k
Alt internal layout of dwg, install woodsman Tasman mkii heater & insulate exterior walls
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, convert bdrm 4 into an ensuite bathrm & walk-in-robe for master bdrm
- New homes$1.9m
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 2 storey house with attached gge, & new swimming pool
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Demolish existing deck & stairs, build a new deck, stairs detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alt dwg - alt layout to form open plan kitchen, living, bathrm, change laundry to robe & install masport r3000
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2023-1553 - extend & alt units
- New homes$2.3m
rbw this project includes three three storey, detached houses, each with 4 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, & a single or dbl gge.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install xander insert heater in dwg
- Multiple homes$450k
Erect two attached two-storey dwgs (units 1/2) & construct retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt dwg - alt internal layout of walk-in wardrobe to accommodate an ensuite (wet-area shower)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$7,000
Amendment to ABA-2023-1473 - partial reclad with resene render system over james hardie easylap. Added SED subfloor & lintel framing for hallway cupboards
- Fires and heating$7,000
To install a Metro Wee Rad Woody free standing wood burner detached dwg
- Fires and heating$75k
Alt dwg - remove heater & walls, install beam/bracing to form open-plan kitchen, dining & living area, convert bdrm to form ensuite & walk-in robe for master bdrm
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install firenzo kompact ag deco heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman kanaku heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro xtreme rad woody heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$35k
Alt dwg - remove wall & install beam between bathrm & bdrm to create open plan living room, remove heater & create bathrm, install metro wee rad heater in living room & hot water cylinder in basement
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro xtreme rad - leg heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro xtreme rad leg heater with wetback in dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding woodsman mark iii heater in dwellng
- New homes$310k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$150k
Erect Family Flat with Attached Garage (Proposed Lot 2)
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Amendment to aba-2020-1810 - alt fire rated wall
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$45k
Erect sleepout with bathrm & laundry, construct retaining wall
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in The Glen?
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.