Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whitecliffs
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. In the statistical area around Whitecliffs, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Whitecliffs, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Whitecliffs’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Whitecliffs
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Whitecliffs sits in (Glenroy-Hororata) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 11 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 — 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 Whitecliffs
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,400
- Alterations and additions1
typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $100k
- Insulation1
typically $1
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $8,000
- New homes1
typically $480k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $6,000Installation of solid fuel heater - masport coronet 35 West Street
- $5,000Installation of solid fuel heater - masport osburn 1600 233 Whitecliffs Road
18 consents
- 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
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport Wanaka
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,000
install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue (warmington studio stove)
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Construction of outbuilding - gge
- Insulation$1
Exemption - to install insulmax retrofit insulation into
- New homes$480k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 2
- Fires and heating$5,799
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport osburn mkii wet
- Alterations and additions$50k
Dwg alterations - add of bdrm, study
- Alterations and additions$1
Roof cladding profile change & reposition existing log
- Alterations and additions$20
Amendment - various changes
- New homes$120k
2 bdrm domestic dwg, ...
- Alterations and additions$20k
Domestic dwgs alterations & add
- New homes$450k
-siting, foundation & drainage for relocated 2 bdrm
- Alterations and additions$30k
Dwg additions
- Alterations and additions$60k
Dwg fire reinstatement
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Change of use - workshop to 2 bdrm domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Domestic dwg add
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whitecliffs?
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.