Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Riverdale
209 new homes were consented in the Gisborne District council area in the year to September 2026, up 34% on the year before. They also consented $40.3m of non-residential building work, down 9% on the year before. In Riverdale itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 82 consents we hold in Riverdale, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gisborne District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Riverdale’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gisborne 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 186 in 2011.
New homes in Riverdale
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Riverdale. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — Gisborne 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$10.9m
41 buildings · 1,339 m² new floor area · $7,303/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Education$8.7m
1 building · 1,890 m² new floor area · $3,175/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$6.3m
+156% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.2m
2 buildings · 823 m² new floor area · $4,247/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$2.9m
+208% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.8m
18 buildings · 4,206 m² new floor area · $615/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.7m
2 buildings · 1,841 m² new floor area · $1,465/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$683k
1 building · 76 m² new floor area · $787/m² new · −87% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$646k
−20% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$500k
+8% on the year before
Consents on record in Riverdale
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 82 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating17
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- New homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $940k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $56k
- Pools and spas3
typically $40k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $58k
- Multiple homes1
typically $2.5m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $330k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.7mRbw - lot1-4, two storeys detached dwg, including 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1 gge, retaining wall & detention tank. 3 Parkview Place
- $60kRemove load bearing walls & replace with beams 299 Stout Street
- $50kAlterations to dwg - re-line lower floor areas & reinstate/renew kitchenette & bathrm, including wet-area tiled shower, all as per the existing 32 Emily Street
- $19kInstall toilet, hand basin & shower into existing sleepout 60 Lytton Road
- $7,000Install freestanding firenzo stella uleb logfire 29 Gwyneth Place
82 consents
- Alterations and additions$60k
Remove load bearing walls & replace with beams
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$19k
Install toilet, hand basin & shower into existing sleepout
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding yunca Hobson logfire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding firenzo stella uleb logfire
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to dwg - re-line lower floor areas & reinstate/renew kitchenette & bathrm, including wet-area tiled shower, all as per the existing
- New homes$2.7m
Rbw - lot1-4, two storeys detached dwg, including 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1 gge, retaining wall & detention tank.
- New homes$600k
New dwg on existing slab with attached gge & install freestanding masport Akaroa logfire
- Alterations and additions$12k
Remove load bearing walls & replace with beams
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Connect dwg wastewater to gdc mains
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding yunca Hobson logfire
- Alterations and additions$250k
Extend existing dwg to create accessible bdrm & bathrm
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding metro extreme rad logfire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Relocated buildings$90k
Connect relocatable dwg to foundations & install septic system & water tank, & install freestanding masport r3000 pedestal logfire
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install inbuilt metro trend logfire
- Alterations and additions$15k
Six new dwgs & associated earthworks - Amendment
- Garages, sheds and carports$33k
Erect gge
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Six new dwgs & associated earthworks
- New homes$1.2m
New dwg with evolve 1253 rinnai gas fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$61k
Construct gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
Erect new pole shed, reclad & new roof framing to parts of existing gge/sleepout, connect existing sleepout & dwg wastewater to council services, & remove existing septic system
- New homes$680k
Construction of single storey dwg with attached gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$330k
Add another storey with deck over existing split level detached dwgs
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding metro wee rad leg logfire
- Fires and heating$15k
Install pool fence & deck for existing pool, remove inbuilt logfire & chimney & replace with window, remove side window & replace with weatherboard
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Riverdale?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 209 new homes consented in the Gisborne District council area, with $102m of residential and $40.3m 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.