Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hilton
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 Hilton, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 196 consents we hold in Hilton, 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 Hilton’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 Hilton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Hilton 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 Hilton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 196 from 3 May 1993 to 14 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 heating7
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Other new buildings2
typically $15k
- Alterations and additions1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $425k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $45k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $425kNew dwg 870 Winchester Hanging Rock Road
- $40kAlterations 428 Gualter Road
- $5,000Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner 870 Winchester Hanging Rock Road
- $5,000Install Metro LTD Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner 115 Lapthorn Road
- $5,000Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner 148 Casey Road
196 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro LTD Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$425k
New dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Erect Hay Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings$30k
Erect Marquee (25/11/2022 - 09 & 10/12/2022)
- Fires and heating$275k
Dwg additions/alterations & install masport MacKenzie r1000freestanding woodburner
- Other new buildings$200
LAPSED Erect Marquee
- Other new buildings$200
Erect Marquee
- Fires and heating$144k
Alterations & Install Woodsman Kanaku ECR NOVO
- Alterations and additions$100k
Addition & Alterations
- Alterations and additions$30k
Dwg alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro LTD Smart Insert VE Inbuilt Wetback Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport r5000p freestanding woodburner
- Other new buildings$200
Erect Marquee
- Fires and heating$300k
Dwg add & alterations / install metro xtreme pedfreestanding wetback woodburner
- New homes$300k
Erect Dwelling & Farm Shed / Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Farm buildings$5,000
AMEND Erect Farm Shed (Add Attached Workshop)
- Farm buildings$22k
Erect Implement Shed
- New homes$317k
Erect Dwelling & Install Wastewater Treatment System
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Near Hilton
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hilton?
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.