Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glentunnel
2,424 new homes were consented in the Selwyn District council area in the year to September 2026, up 58% on the year before. They also consented $216m of non-residential building work, down 17% on the year before. Below: 44 consents we hold in Glentunnel, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Selwyn District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Selwyn 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 1,928 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Selwyn 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.
- Warehouses and storage$102m
25 buildings · 41,166 m² new floor area · $2,457/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Education$47.9m
16 buildings · 9,976 m² new floor area · $4,028/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$27.5m
129 buildings · 51,611 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +43% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17m
8 buildings · 6,733 m² new floor area · $1,521/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,637 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −63% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6.1m
1 building · 409 m² new floor area · $3,912/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.1m
2 buildings · 633 m² new floor area · $4,344/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.3m
1 building · −73% on the year before
- Offices$1m
−75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$825k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Glentunnel
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 44 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 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 heating8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $534k
- Alterations and additions5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $42k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $46k
- Insulation2
typically $3,501
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $8,000
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $30k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $386k3 bdrm domestic dwg 3 Railway Terrace, Glentunnel
- $30kAlt to dwg - upgrade basement structure 5 Railway Terrace, Glentunnel
- $20kInternal alterations to existing dwg 4 Albert Street, Glentunnel
- $6,000Installation of solid fuel heater - masport coronet 35 West Street, Whitecliffs
- $5,000Installation of solid fuel heater - masport osburn 1600 233 Whitecliffs Road, Whitecliffs
44 consents
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt to dwg - upgrade basement structure
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport coronet
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport osburn 1600
- New homes$386k
3 bdrm domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - maxen kinmont 450-w
- Alterations and additions$45k
Res additions & alterations bathrm alt to install a new level access shower in the existing bathrm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Res additions & alterations ensuite bathrm stripped out. Plumbing fixtures relocated. Cavity slider installed. Bathrm relined. Wet room shower installed. Tiled from floor to ceiling.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$96k
Construction of siting, foundation & drainage for
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$46k
Construction of siting, foundation & drainage
- Insulation$7,000
Install insulmax insulation housing - detached
- New homes$534k
Unit 1 - 1x new built standalone 1 storey dwg (PO 7528279)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Internal alterations incl p & d & reroof house alt/additions
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport Wanaka
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport Hurunui pedestal
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,000
install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue (warmington studio stove)
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Construction of outbuilding - gge
- New homes$600k
Kainga Ora, one single storey, 2 bed standalone dwg within proposed lots 1.#### AR110010 - MBU1 purchase order is 5819013.
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Construction of outbuilding - dbl gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new inbuilt - woodsman Totara insert solid fuel heater
- Insulation$1
Exemption - to install insulmax retrofit insulation into
- New homes$2.5m
2 storey multi-res development. Development consists housing - multi-unit dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$23k
Construction of outbuilding - gge issued under section 72
- Alterations and additions$500
Existing rafters replaced
- New homes$480k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 2
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Suburbs in Glentunnel
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glentunnel?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 2,424 new homes consented in the Selwyn District council area, with $1.1b of residential and $216m 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.