Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Geraldine
Councils consented $112m of non-residential building work in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, up 78% on the year before. Below: 829 commercial consents we hold in Geraldine, 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.
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
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 Geraldine
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 829 from 11 Mar 1993 to 16 Oct 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 commercial buildings44
7 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Commercial alterations31
5 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Farm buildings10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $53k
- Fit-outs2
typically $8.5m
- Demolition1
typically $1m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $390kBuilding Alteration (Install Pallet Racking System)/Review Specified 72 Shaw Road, Pleasant Valley
- $167kErect Shed 72 Pekapeka Lane, Geraldine Downs
- $120kErect Shed 178 Main North Road, Orari Bridge
- $116kBuilding Addition 536 Four Peaks Road, Woodbury
- $100kErect Pole Shed 167-168 Wilks Road, Geraldine Flat
829 consents
- New commercial buildings$120k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations$116k
Building Addition
- New commercial buildings$60k
Install Wastewater Treatment System
- New commercial buildings$167k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations
AMEND B2 Modification
- New commercial buildings$100k
Erect Shed
- Farm buildings$100k
Erect Pole Shed
- New commercial buildings$20k
Install Wastewater Treatment System
- Commercial alterations$390k
Building Alteration (Install Pallet Racking System)/Review Specified
- Farm buildings$45k
Erect Pole Shed
- Commercial alterations$26k
Building Alterations
- New commercial buildings$39k
Erect Shed (Farm)
- New commercial buildings$60k
Erect Shed (Lean to 3-Bay)
- Commercial alterations$60k
Building Alteration (Bathrooms)
- Farm buildings$130k
Erect Pole Shed
- Commercial alterations$140k
Building Addition (Shed Roof)
- Commercial alterations$3,000
Masport uleb freestanding logburner 35 church St Rangiora lot 4 dp 15689
- New commercial buildings$173k
Alterations (Deck) & Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations$50k
Enclose existing outdoor workshop including the installation of 3no. roller shutters
- New commercial buildings$110k
Erect Shed
- New commercial buildings$17k
Install Services
- Fit-outs$35k
Services Fitout (Geraldine Brewery)
- Commercial alterations$20k
Building Alterations (Seismic Strengthening)
- New commercial buildings$100k
Install Services to ROW & Erect Retaining Wall
- Commercial alterations$25k
AMEND Verandah Modification
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Geraldine
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Geraldine?
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.