Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Orari Bridge
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 Orari Bridge, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 270 consents we hold in Orari Bridge, 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 Orari Bridge’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 Orari Bridge
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Orari Bridge 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 Orari Bridge
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 270 from 11 May 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.
- Alterations and additions8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $148k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $63k
- Fires and heating6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New commercial buildings6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $130k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $361k
- Farm buildings1
typically $130k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $140k
- New homes1
typically $750k
- Other new buildings1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600kAddition & Alterations 536 Orari Back Road
- $120kErect Shed 178 Main North Road
- $65kErect Garage 347 Main North Road
- $5,000Install Masport R3000 Freestanding Woodburner 349 Main North Road
- $5,000Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner 90 Bennett Road
270 consents
- New commercial buildings$120k
Erect Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport R3000 Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Addition of Wetback
- Alterations and additions$600k
Addition & Alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports
AMEND Building Addition (Garage) (B2 Modification)
- Farm buildings$130k
Erect Pole Shed
- Commercial alterations$140k
Building Addition (Shed Roof)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Coleridge Freestanding Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$5,500
WITHDRAWN Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling
- Alterations and additions$614k
Building Alterations (New Entrance)
- Garages, sheds and carports$56k
Building Addition (Shed)
- Other new buildings
AMEND Erect Wind Lobby
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Erect Shed
- Relocated buildings$448k
Siting/Foundations/Services & Erect Relocatable Dwelling & Install
- New commercial buildings
AMEND (Fire Alarm & Emergency Lighting)
- New commercial buildings$250k
Erect Building (Vehicle Shed)
- New homes$750k
Erect Building (Carriage House)
- New commercial buildings$163k
Erect Shed
- Alterations and additions$226k
Building Alterations (Mezzanine Floor)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 450-W Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Wet Floor Shower - Remove Gas Hot Water (Use Existing HWC)
- Alterations and additions$25k
Addition (Ensuite & WIR)
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Orari Bridge
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Orari Bridge?
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.