Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pleasant Valley
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 Pleasant Valley, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 238 consents we hold in Pleasant Valley, 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 Pleasant Valley’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 Pleasant Valley
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 238 from 29 Apr 1993 to 1 Nov 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 homes7
typically $450k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $110k
- Commercial alterations3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4m
- Fires and heating3
typically $5,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $12k
- Other new buildings1
1 in the last 12 months
- Fit-outs1
typically $17m
- New commercial buildings1
typically $120k
- Relocated 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
- $390kBuilding Alteration (Install Pallet Racking System)/Review Specified 72 Shaw Road
- $40kErect Shed 282 Woodside Road
238 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations$390k
Building Alteration (Install Pallet Racking System)/Review Specified
- Other new buildings
AMEND - B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Freestanding Woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
AMEND Level Entry Threshold Drain
- Garages, sheds and carports
AMEND Drain Vent, Cladding, Wall Liner, Pole shed Location
- Alterations and additions$50k
AMEND Remove Existing Roof Structure & Install Raking Ceiling
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Alterations (Condensation Boiler & Diesel Tank)
- New homes$450k
Erect Dwelling & Install Metrofires Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner/
- Alterations and additions$400k
Addition
- New commercial buildings$120k
Erect Shed
- New homes$260k
Erect Dwelling
- Fit-outs$17m
Building Addition & Alterations (Stage 3 - Fitout & Specified Systems)
- Commercial alterations$17m
Building Addition & Alterations (Stage 2 - Steel and Concrete
- Commercial alterations$4m
Building Addition & Alterations (Stage 1 - Civil Works &
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Osburn 1600 Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling (B2 Modification)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Dwelling Additions & Alterations (Remove Addition)
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tarras
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
AMEND - Erect Garage (Alteration Add Shower)
- Relocated buildings
AMEND Siting/Foundations/Additions for Relocated Dwelling (B2
- New homes$800k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage/Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport MacKenzie freestanding woodburner
- New homes$860k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Ambie Plus VE
- Garages, sheds and carports$175k
Erect Shed
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pleasant Valley?
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.