Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairhall
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. Below: 1,127 consents we hold in Fairhall, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Fairhall
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,127 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Nov 2025. 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 additions5
typically $55k
- Fires and heating4
typically $5,250
- Pools and spas3
typically $10k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $860k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $180k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1,127 consents
- Alterations and additions$10k
Wet floor shower
- Pools and spas$5,000
Swimming pool fencing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of woodsman rmf fire with heatsaver sloping flue kit.
- Fires and heating$15k
Free-standing visionline taurus solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing masport utopia solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$55k
Kitchen extension
- Alterations and additions$30k
Res alterations & additions
- New commercial buildings$860k
Construct single storey dwg with attached gge - 117 Spur Ridge Rise, Hanleys Farm
- Pools and spas$10k
Pool fencing
- Pools and spas$15k
Swimming pool fencing
- Alterations and additions$150k
Internal dwg alterations
- Fires and heating$5,500
Free standing woodsman Tarras mk3 solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$90k
Louvre add
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Garages & or shed
- Pools and spas$66k
Swimming pool & fencing
- Fires and heating$11k
inbuilt solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
On-site wastewater system
- Pools and spas$62k
Swimming pool
- Pools and spas$4,000
Swimming pool fencing
- Retaining walls$9,000
Timber pole retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to bc190895: changes to cladding
- Alterations and additions$70k
Shade sail support & basement alterations
- Pools and spas$70k
Pool house
- Pools and spas$46k
Swimming pool
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
On-site wastewater management system to replace septic tank
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Fairhall
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairhall?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.