Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Eltham
65 new homes were consented in the South Taranaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 3% on the year before. They also consented $32.5m of non-residential building work, down 22% on the year before. Below: 174 consents we hold in Eltham, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Taranaki District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Taranaki District, 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 100 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — South Taranaki District, 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.
- Farm buildings$11.3m
60 buildings · 17,849 m² new floor area · $621/m² new · +72% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
+66% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.5m
1 building · −75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 990 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.9m
1 building · 221 m² new floor area · $1,434/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$467k
1 building · 114 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Offices$355k
−14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$214k
Consents on record in Eltham
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 174 from 1 Aug 2019 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.
- Fires and heating56
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions27
5 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- New homes10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $598k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $40k
- Multiple homes3
typically $1.3m
- Retaining walls2
typically $12k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $254k
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $46k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $595kNew dwg 845 Rawhitiroa Road, Rawhitiroa
- $426kR3 - additions & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - add & renovation on both floors, new deck over membrane roof & access stairs. Woodburner removed. 34 Bedford Street, Eltham
- $150kTo transport existing structure within Waimate township to 228 High Street, Eltham
- $110kNew hobby shed with bathrm & kitchenette 67 London Street, Eltham
- $50kAlterations to dwg housing - detached 247 High Street, Eltham
174 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fireplace freestanding installation of metro r2 freestanding solid fuel burner flue soaker & ash floor protector
- Pools and spas$15k
Installation of pool fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$110k
New hobby shed with bathrm & kitchenette
- Alterations and additions$19k
Install beam between lounge & kitchen, remove chimney, install new folding patio door & window estimated value: 19000.00
- Fires and heating$9,000
Supply & install of a metro wee rad (base) woodfire to existing hearth, new galvanized standard flue system with dbl flue shield, bird-proof mesh fitted to the flue cowl, colorsteel back flashing to roof penetration, interconnected smoke alarms
- Alterations and additions$13k
Install services
- Fires and heating$5,500
Woodburner - installation of woodsman serene petite w/ sloping ceiling kit
- Fires and heating$10k
To install a free standing woodburner (wee rad) in the lounge area of the property
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install metro xtreme rad - leg wood fire replacing the existing wood fire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of metro wee rad c/a wood fire (pedestal base), with standard flue kit
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to dwg housing - detached
- New homes$595k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
To transport existing structure within Waimate township to
- Alterations and additions$426k
R3 - additions & alt to 2 storey detached dwg - add & renovation on both floors, new deck over membrane roof & access stairs. Woodburner removed.
- Fires and heating$16k
Install wagener fairburn f/stdg log fire connecting to existing wetback
- New homes$400k
New dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install firenzo kompact forte in-built logfire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Cashmere ped f/stdg logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Construction of 4-bay steel portal implement & storage shed
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install woodsman serene heater in dwg
- Multiple homes$5.2m
Construction of 57 res apartments in three buildings; with a bicycle storage shed & spa pool fencing - subject to section 77 certificates
- Fires and heating$11k
Install blaze kiing sirocco 30 heater, no wetback connection
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment: adding back the proposed shed (after it was removed from original application at rfi stage)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install firenzo kompact forte ag insert logfire
- Retaining walls$5,000
Rbw - amendment to bco10391209-additional 2.4m length of retaining wall as required do to state of original concrete wall. New silt trap to connect to existing private combined sw-ww drain for dischar
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Suburbs in Eltham
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Eltham?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 65 new homes consented in the South Taranaki District council area, with $48.3m of residential and $32.5m 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.