Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Blackball
49 new homes were consented in the Grey District council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. They also consented $12.7m of non-residential building work, down 56% on the year before. In the statistical area around Blackball, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 29 consents we hold in Blackball, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Grey District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Blackball’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Grey 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 107 in 2007.
New homes in Blackball
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Blackball sits in (Barrytown) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 1 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 — Grey 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.
- Offices$4m
−27% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
21 buildings · 6,386 m² new floor area · $566/m² new · +87% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $1,738/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 184 m² new floor area · $5,163/m² new · +139% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$979k
3 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $1,186/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$280k
1 building · 47 m² new floor area · $1,702/m² new · −98% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$180k
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $952/m² new · −49% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$67k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Blackball
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 29 from 1 Oct 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 heating11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions2
typically $258k
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $19k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $460k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $600k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $350kConstruction of a new 4 bdrm dwg with detached gge 48 Clifford Street
- $10kRemoval of old solid fuel heater & installation of woodsman coaster 16 Atarau Road
- $8,000Install yunca oscar wood fire to a domestic dwg 38 Brodie Street
- $7,000Removal of old solid fuel heater & replacing with a new solid fuel heater. - serene petite. 7 Glassons Lane
29 consents
- New homes$350k
Construction of a new 4 bdrm dwg with detached gge
- Fires and heating$10k
Removal of old solid fuel heater & installation of woodsman coaster
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install yunca oscar wood fire to a domestic dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Removal of old solid fuel heater & replacing with a new solid fuel heater. - serene petite.
- Fires and heating$13k
Replacement of like for like space heater - yunca blenz
- Fires and heating$9,361
Replacing the old woodfire with firenzo viking woodfire
- Alterations and additions$450k
Rbw - proposed dining room, kitchen, sitting room, laundry & covered verandah additions.
- Fires and heating$2,600
Install Woodsman Brunner MKII with heatsaver flue kit (replacement)
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install Woodsman Stag wetback multifuel fire (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$65k
Res additions & alterations add of an ensuite to existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$600k
Eq: alt to dwg - foundation repair, & replace bracing
- Garages, sheds and carports$19k
Utility shed with one shower & one toilet. 30m2 total floor area.
- Fires and heating$4,500
To install woodsman heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new woodsman Brunner mk ii dry - fire
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install a second hand stag multi burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$460k
Dwg with attached gge & sleepout
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install of new woodsman bunner mkii (solid fuel heater)
- Alterations and additions$40k
Adding 2 bedrooms to existing house
- Alterations and additions$20k
Foundations & site services for a relocatable cottage to be installed on site. Cottage is newly prefabricated in Christchurch & consented by Selwyn District council.
- Alterations and additions$5,500
Installation of a fisher dry fire to a domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Separation of services
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install reused yunca monte multifuel wetback fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Constructions of a 16.8x8m pole shed with a toilet & shower
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Separation of services
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of a 2nd hand taege pioneer multifuel fire into dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Blackball?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 49 new homes consented in the Grey District council area, with $34.2m of residential and $12.7m 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.