Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Vauxhall
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 Vauxhall, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 98 consents we hold in Vauxhall, 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 Vauxhall’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 Vauxhall
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Vauxhall sits in (Waverley (Dunedin City)) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 houses, 3 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 Vauxhall
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 98 from 1 May 2017 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 additions17
5 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Fires and heating15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $585k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $11k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $350k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $15k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $53k
- Multiple homes2
typically $585k
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 carport, install solid fuel burner & lift, construct retaining walls 6 Shandon Road
- $150kReclad & alt internal layout of dwg 23 Glendevon Place
- $80kEnlarge opening between living/dining/kitchen, replace beams, create pantry, relocate laundry to basement of dwg 46 Shandon Road
- $50kErect gge, extend deck of dwg 1 Glengyle Street
- $25kExtend deck of dwg, install beam to form open plan kitchen & dining 122 Larnach Road
98 consents
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alt bathrm of dwg
- Fires and heating$1,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- New homes$1.5m
New dwg with carport, install solid fuel burner & lift, construct retaining walls
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
Extend deck of dwg, install beam to form open plan kitchen & dining
- Fires and heating$1
Amendment to aba-2020-2668 - change solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect gge, extend deck of dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Amendment to aba-2025-959 - delete bathrm & laundry alterations, revise bracing, form basement bathrm, install sink in toilet
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$150k
Reclad & alt internal layout of dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Remove wall to create open-plan living & kitchen in dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Enlarge opening between living/dining/kitchen, replace beams, create pantry, relocate laundry to basement of dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install bosca firepoint 360 heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Remove wall & install beam to create extended bdrm in dwg
- Multiple homes$670k
Erect two attached dwgs, construct retaining walls & install 8x 1000 litre stormwater tanks
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install firenzo topaz inbuilt heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Amendment to aba-2025-266 - install metro wee rad leg heater, alt internal doors
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alt dwg to form open plan kitchen & living
- Multiple homes$500k
Erect two attached two storey dwgs
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install yunca wegj 2000 heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 450 heater in dwg
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment to aba-2024-1866 - alt wall framing to form storage in hall, change cladding, revise subfloor bracing, window sill heights & deck stringer
- Alterations and additions$150k
Add to & alt dwg - remove wall & install beam, convert robe to ensuite, enlarge bathrm (wet-area shower) & erect deck
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Alt dwg - alt internal layout of toilet & install hot water cylinder
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alt dwg - remove wall & install portal to create open-plan kitchen, living, dining & sunroom
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Vauxhall?
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.