Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Geraldine Flat
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 Geraldine Flat, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 146 consents we hold in Geraldine Flat, 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 Geraldine Flat’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 Geraldine Flat
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Geraldine Flat 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 Geraldine Flat
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 146 from 1 Jun 1993 to 15 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 heating3
typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- Farm buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $105k
- Other new buildings1
1 in the last 12 months
- New homes1
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
- $100kErect Pole Shed 167-168 Wilks Road
- $1Amend internal openings/skylight removed/hwc/framing & cladding 586 Winchester-Geraldine Road
146 consents
- Farm buildings$100k
Erect Pole Shed
- Other new buildings
AMEND Internal Openings/Skylight Removed/HWC/Framing and Cladding
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend internal openings/skylight removed/hwc/framing & cladding
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad Leg Freestanding Woodburner (255 Beeby Road)
- New homes$1m
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Mega Rad
- Alterations and additions$25k
Install Diesel Heating System with Water Filled Radiators
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Champion Tria Pus Freestanding Pellet Burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Erect Shed (Office/Workshop & Rumpus)
- Farm buildings$40k
Building Addition (Farm Shed)
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Erect Garage
- Farm buildings$68k
Erect Farm Shed
- New homes$443k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Mega Rad Wetback
- Farm buildings$58k
Erect Farm Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30 Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$37k
Erect Aircraft Hangar
- Garages, sheds and carports$1,000
Siting & Foundation for Relocated Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Wetback Woodburner
- Farm buildings$12k
Erect Farm Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Wetback Woodburner
- Farm buildings$12k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$130k
Erect Building (Store Shed)
- Farm buildings$19k
Erect Pole Shed
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install Masport R5000 Freestanding Woodburner
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Near Geraldine Flat
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Geraldine Flat?
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.