Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Arundel
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. In the statistical area around Arundel, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 115 consents we hold in Arundel, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Arundel’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
New homes in Arundel
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Arundel sits in (Arundel) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — Timaru 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% on the year before
Consents on record in Arundel
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 115 from 13 Jul 1993 to 20 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.
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Farm buildings1
typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $56k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $35kAlterations 131 Peel Forest Road
- $5,000Install Masport Hurunui Rural Freestanding Woodburner 204 Silverton Road
115 consents
- Alterations and additions$35k
Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Rural Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$56k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Osburn 1600 Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install hunter aspect 80b freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Tasman dry mkii freestanding woodburner
- Farm buildings$50k
Erect Farm Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Ltd Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,500
AMEND Erect Dwelling (Remove Coal Burner & Install Firebird System 90
- Alterations and additions$3,000
AMEND Dwelling Addition (Add Wet Floor Shower)
- Garages, sheds and carports$8,500
rbw - alt to convert existing gge to lounge bdrm area. No change to building footprint or roof.
- Farm buildings$20k
Erect Implement Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Firenzo Athena Aqualux RU Inbuilt Wetback Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$200
Erect Marquee
- Alterations and additions$300k
Addition and Alterations
- Alterations and additions$12k
Alterations (Install Wet Floor Shower & WC)
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$30k
Alterations (Erect Attached Patio Canopy & Attached Pergola)
- Alterations and additions$400k
Additions & Alterations (Partial Demolition & Erect
- New homes$250k
Erect Dwelling & Install Firenzo Lady Kitchener RU Freestanding
- Alterations and additions$200
Erect Marquee (01/03/2017 - 05/03/2017)
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install Kent Tile Fire Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install Woodsman Tarras MkIII Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Erect Garage
- New commercial buildings$17k
Erect Shed
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Arundel
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Arundel?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.