Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Colyton
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. In the statistical area around Colyton, 10 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 37 consents we hold in Colyton, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Colyton’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu 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 260 in 2021.
New homes in Colyton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Colyton sits in (Taonui) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 10 houses, 0 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 — Manawatu 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$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Colyton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 37 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jun 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.
- New homes7
typically $600k
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $119k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Fires and heating3
typically $8,500
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $15k
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $850k
- Insulation1
typically $30k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $10k
- Pools and spas1
typically $100k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $225k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $850k4 bdrm & office house with attached gge 5 Rosemary Lane
- $78kTotalspan 11.5m x 7m x 2.6m with washroom 455A Taonui Road
- $41kTo build a new 144m2 pole shed 1328 Taonui Road
- $30kConstruction of a steel frame shed 120sqm in size & install tanks. 401 Colyton Road
37 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$41k
To build a new 144m2 pole shed
- New commercial buildings$850k
4 bdrm & office house with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construction of a steel frame shed 120sqm in size & install tanks.
- Alterations and additions$78k
Totalspan 11.5m x 7m x 2.6m with washroom
- Pools and spas$100k
Install fibre glass pool, aluminium pool fencing, aluminium pool gate & pump shed
- Fires and heating$8,500
Replacement of condemned solid fuel heater & flue kit
- Alterations and additions$170k
Lounge/dining add + internal alt
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Upgrade exiting septic tank to oasis clearwater series 2000 aerated wastewater treatment system
- Relocated buildings$225k
Existing dwg relocated onto site relocate 2x existing dwgs to site with alterations to convert to 1 dwg
- Commercial alterations$10k
Installing a new 300ltr hwc in cupboard in office, installing wetback system to existing fireplace.
- New homes$904k
New 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$950k
4-bdrm house with attached gge
- New homes$600k
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached carport.
- Fires and heating$17k
Install freestanding woodsman Tarras mk iii wood fire with new wetback connection.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new Maxen Cargill 350 freestanding fireplace & flue
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Totalspan 9m x 10m x 2.7m shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
New waste water system
- Insulation$30k
P2 - the add of a bathrm & some insulation & internal walls.##p1 - new colorsteel 15m x 7m fairdinkum shed
- New homes$595k
4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$700k
4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$220k
New one-bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$160k
Extensions to existing dwg.
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Install freestanding Brunner mkii woodstove
- New homes$550k
Three bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$150k
Additions & alterations to dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Colyton?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.