Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glenorchy
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. Below: 648 consents we hold in Glenorchy, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes 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 1,729 in 2025.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Queenstown-Lakes 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.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Glenorchy
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 648 from 4 Aug 2014 to 9 Sep 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 homes50
7 in the last 12 months · typically $470k
- Alterations and additions13
5 in the last 12 months · typically $54k
- Relocated buildings11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $52k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Fires and heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,300
- Commercial alterations4
typically $18k
- Retaining walls2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $400k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $160k
- Multiple homes1
typically $800k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5.5mMount Alfred Ridge - New 2 level (in part) Detached dwelling 66 Mount Alfred Ridge, Glenorchy
- $700kTwo-storey house with single cladding, a retaining wall, and an on-site wastewater system 7 Alaska Street, Glenorchy
- $592kSingle storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg 12 Shiel Street, Glenorchy
- $550kConstruction of a single storey dwelling with attached veranda. , Kinloch
- $470kConstruction of single storey dwelling with detached utility shed. , Glenorchy
648 consents
- Relocated buildings$55k
Relocatable Building on timber driven piles and connect services to QLDC laterals and onsite systems
- Retaining walls$700k
Two-storey house with single cladding, a retaining wall, and an on-site wastewater system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Amendment - install toilet,vanity & shower into west north storage room electricity & insulation already in
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Onsite wastewater system only
- Fires and heating$4,100
Masport clutha uleb ped ash & wood stooke, masport 150mm freestanding wood fire flue kit, dektite doof flashing
- New homes$250k
New two bdrm house
- Alterations and additions$5.5m
Mount Alfred Ridge - New 2 level (in part) Detached dwelling
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alteration to existing dwelling: Replace old wood burning fire with a new wood burning fire.
- New homes$470k
Construction of single storey dwelling with detached utility shed.
- New homes$295k
Construction of single storey dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 01 - change cladding & roofing materials & internal layout; construction of two detached two-storey dwgs & swimming pool
- New homes$592k
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: window schedule amended which required us to recalculate the h1, making us need hotedge extra insulation on a our ribraft floor.
- New homes$550k
Construction of a single storey dwelling with attached veranda.
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Stage 1 install a septic tank & water connection to shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$400k
Alt to existing dwg - including conversion of an existing gge to habitable space & additional veranda roofs & decking
- New homes$400k
Proposed 1 bdrm res unit with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$35k
Subfloor pile foundations & services only for a relocated 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$280k
New 3 bdrm dwg with vertical 5-rib cladding
- Alterations and additions$76k
Stage 2 site works for the location of a transportable building, including pile foundations, drainage, on-site wastewater disposal & stormwater soakage & connection to the reticulated water & electricity supplies.
- New homes$470k
Construction of single storey dwelling with attached garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350p heater in dwg
- New homes$517k
Construction of single storey dwelling
- Relocated buildings$365k
Stage 1: Off-site construction of relocatable dwelling
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Septic tank and stormwater soakpit
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Glenorchy
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glenorchy?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m 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.