Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ashwick Flat
112 new homes were consented in the Mackenzie District council area in the year to September 2026, up 62% on the year before. They also consented $16.8m of non-residential building work, down 54% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ashwick Flat, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 25 consents we hold in Ashwick Flat, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Mackenzie District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ashwick Flat’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Mackenzie 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 157 in 2019.
New homes in Ashwick Flat
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ashwick Flat sits in (Opua (Mackenzie District)) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 1 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 — Mackenzie 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.
- Hotels and motels$12.4m
1 building · 213 m² new floor area · $3,756/m² new · +1746% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
22 buildings · 3,806 m² new floor area · $781/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Offices$916k
1 building · 408 m² new floor area · $2,132/m² new · +123% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$270k
1 building · 250 m² new floor area · $480/m² new · −68% on the year before
- Education$150k
−99% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$136k
−72% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10k
−83% on the year before
Consents on record in Ashwick Flat
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 25 from 1 Oct 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.
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- New homes4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $445k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Fires and heating1
typically $12k
- Pools and spas1
typically $100k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $400k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $380kConstruction of new 1 bdrm dwg 552A Hamilton Road
- $360kProposed 2 bdrm dwg with ethos aquos wood burner. 67A Strathallan Road
- $42kConstruct outbuilding/pole shed 293 Clayton Road
- $20kThe proposed installation of a protec 10 & drip field 1073 Clayton Road
25 consents
- New homes$380k
Construction of new 1 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
The proposed installation of a protec 10 & drip field
- Garages, sheds and carports$42k
Construct outbuilding/pole shed
- New homes$360k
Proposed 2 bdrm dwg with ethos aquos wood burner.
- New homes$630k
Construct 4 bdrm dwg with solid fuel heater
- New homes$510k
Construction of new single storey 3 bdrm dwg.
- Alterations and additions$300k
Prefab house built in Christchurch & trucked to site. Site
- Alterations and additions$75k
Prepare site for the construction on a new stand-alone
- Alterations and additions$45k
Proposed interior alterations including new kitchen housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$28k
To construct a pole shed on site for storage of domestic outbuildings
- Pools and spas$100k
Installation of inground fiberglass pool & pool fencing outbuildings
- Fires and heating$12k
New homewood heritage woodburner/oven with wetback to be heating
- Alterations and additions$200k
Proposed interior alt includes new corrugated housing - detached
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$400k
Alterations due to fire damage areas housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Remove existing fire & disconnect wetback at cylinder, heating
- Alterations and additions$50k
Add of a bdrm & bathrm to existing housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
To erect a steel framed & steel clad widespan gge on a outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Widespan shed / gge with future w/c / shower in the outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$49k
Construction of a versatile gge 10.8m x 6.6m outbuildings
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Build & erect new foundation & shed on site outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$1,500
Replace existing fire
- New commercial buildings$850k
Three bdrm dwg with heated slab, office, gas fire housing - detached, ...
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$60k
Locate 2 prefabricated sleepout buildings on site. Communal res - community service
- New homes$300k
New res dwg with freestanding logfire housing - detached, ...
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install a new metro wee rad log burner. Heating
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ashwick Flat?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 112 new homes consented in the Mackenzie District council area, with $61.7m of residential and $16.8m 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.