Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Croydon
38 new homes were consented in the Gore District council area in the year to September 2026, down 21% on the year before. They also consented $22.5m of non-residential building work, up 64% on the year before. In the statistical area around Croydon, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 12 consents we hold in Croydon, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gore District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Croydon’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gore 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 51 in 2007.
New homes in Croydon
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Croydon sits in (Waimumu-Kaiwera) — 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 — Gore 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.
- Education$10.2m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $4,444/m² new · +790% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.7m
3 buildings · 2,966 m² new floor area · $2,141/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
25 buildings · 5,032 m² new floor area · $619/m² new · +21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$675k
1 building · 206 m² new floor area · $3,277/m² new
- Social, cultural and religious$375k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $5,500/m² new · −88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$217k
−86% on the year before
- Offices$185k
−74% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$120k
1 building · 77 m² new floor area · $1,558/m² new · −89% on the year before
Consents on record in Croydon
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Jun 2022 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $73k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $716k
- Fires and heating2
typically $5,288
- Alterations and additions1
typically $100k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $716k4 bdrm dwg with varying exterior cladding & profiled metal roofing 278 Reaby Road
- $70kConstruct 9m x 13.5m shed 263A Waimea Highway
- $65kNew 10.6m x 7m barn-style pole shed
12 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Construct 9m x 13.5m shed
- New homes$716k
4 bdrm dwg with varying exterior cladding & profiled metal roofing
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
New 10.6m x 7m barn-style pole shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
New 2 bay shed with carport. Ground floor & first floor to shed, bathroom to ground floor of shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Converting gge & storeroom into a bdrm & ensuite.
- New homes$655k
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$774k
Construction of new four bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Shed to be built 306sqm with a toilet/shower & vanity inside
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Septic tank install & effluent field for purposed shed toilet/shower
- Alterations and additions$100k
Remove small load bearing wall & 2 external windows to make way for new kitchen. Install new structural steel beam. Remodel laundry.
- Fires and heating$6,100
Remove existing inbuilt fire & install a yunca xander woodburner with flue & masonry panel set
- Fires and heating$4,475
Install a refurbished fisher Blenheim woodburner with bosca flue kit on a 1200 x 1100 insulated hearth
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Croydon?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 38 new homes consented in the Gore District council area, with $25.1m of residential and $22.5m 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.