Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Feilding
Councils consented $18m of non-residential building work in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, down 13% on the year before. Below: 12 commercial consents we hold in Feilding, 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Feilding
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jul 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.
- Commercial alterations5
typically $65k
- Fit-outs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $130k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $220kInternal alterations. New bathrm, replace old kitchen, inclusion of wardrobes; laundry & mud room fitout. 544 Kimbolton Road
12 consents
- Fit-outs$220k
Internal alterations. New bathrm, replace old kitchen, inclusion of wardrobes; laundry & mud room fitout.
- Commercial alterations$1,500
P2 -p2 - replace ceiling joists to kitchen, add office beam, modify bracing & pantry lintel.##p1 - extend & renovate existing dwg & add an attached gge.
- Fit-outs$15k
Line & fit out an existing store room into an ensuite. No changes to external or internal dimensions
- Commercial alterations$65k
Change of use: northern single level & 2nd level from commercial to res single household use. Internal alterations to add 2nd level bathrm & ground floor bathrm. Separate off southern building to remain as commercial use.
- Commercial alterations$200k
Extension to existing dwg, including a new family area, dining room & lounge, office, & the relocation of the existing main entrance & kitchen.
- Fit-outs$200k
Housing (detached dwg) - retrofit of existing dwg to improve thermal performance & modernise layout; full re-clad with new timber weatherboard cladding, new bracing & smoke alarm layouts, re-clad inter-tenancy fire wall, re-roof weather-t
- Fit-outs$60k
Interior renovation of a bathrm & office in a private residence.
- Commercial alterations$70k
Internal alterations including changing first floor bdrm to a bathrm, altering existing upstairs bathrm, changing ground floor office to bathrm, replacing septic system.
- Commercial alterations$50k
Alt to existing residence to convert existing gge into new bathrm, bdrm & office
- Commercial alterations$25k
Convert existing office into the ensuite with vinyl flooring
- Commercial alterations$56k
12.0m long x 9.0m wide gge workshop
- Commercial alterations$70k
Gable end extension to existing gge to add additional rooms, new gge & workshop
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Feilding?
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.