Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Belfield
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 Belfield, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 109 consents we hold in Belfield, 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 Belfield’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 Belfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Belfield sits in (Rangitata) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Belfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 109 from 1 Apr 1993 to 20 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.
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes3
typically $750k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $16k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $110k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5,000Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner 286 Arundel Belfield Road
109 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$750k
Erect Dwelling & Install Yunca Monte Base WB Freestanding
- New homes$990k
Erect Dwelling & Install Escea TC 950 (LEB) Inbuilt Woodburner/Erect
- New commercial buildings$110k
Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro LTD Xtreme Rad Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$530k
Erect Dwelling & Install Pyro Classic Freestanding Woodburner
- Commercial alterations$16k
Building Addition (Shed)
- Fires and heating$25k
Building Alterations (Convert Shed to Dwelling) & Install Woodsman
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$7,500
Amend install wwts (add drainage)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Tarras mkiii freestanding wetback woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install wastewater treatment system
- Garages, sheds and carports$18k
Erect Farm Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Erect Farm Shed
- Relocated buildings$210k
Siting/Footing & Foundation for Relocated Building / Building Addition
- Other new buildings$180k
Install Stock Underpass
- Garages, sheds and carports$22k
Erect Garage
- Farm buildings$10k
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$7,000
Erect Pole Shed
- Fires and heating$200k
Additions & Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Freestanding
- Farm buildings$10k
Erect Pole Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$48k
Erect Pole Shed
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Alterations (Bathroom)
- New commercial buildings$22k
Erect Two Pole Sheds
- New commercial buildings$22k
Erect Two Pole Sheds
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
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Near Belfield
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Belfield?
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.