Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Cobden
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 Cobden itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 147 consents we hold in Cobden, 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 Cobden’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 Cobden
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Cobden. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — 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 Cobden
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 147 from 1 Jul 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 heating33
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions32
7 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater21
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New homes5
typically $300k
- Demolition2
typically $54k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.3m
- Commercial alterations1
typically $5,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $191k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.3m260116 - future lots 1-5 - apartment complex with 5 units. Units 1-4 have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with internal access single gge. Unit 5 has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & internal access single gge 66 Hall Street
- $180kExtension to current home, renovation of current kitchen / dining / laundry area. Scope of work includes relocation of current toilet, fire place, kitchen & laundry. 42 Domett Esplanade
- $110kAmendment 1 - minor changes to the floor layout, cladding, windows & doors. 9 Newcastle Street
- $45kNew gge 59 Fox Street
- $20kAlterations to dwg - room layouts & bathrm changes 41 Firth Street
147 consents
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman rmf multifuel fire to a domestic dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install woodsman rmf multifuel fire to a domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Separation of services
- Alterations and additions$180k
Extension to current home, renovation of current kitchen / dining / laundry area. Scope of work includes relocation of current toilet, fire place, kitchen & laundry.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman rmf (dry) replacement
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
New gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install 2nd hand woodsman rmf multifuel fire with new flue to a domestic dwg (outside shed)
- Alterations and additions$110k
Amendment 1 - minor changes to the floor layout, cladding, windows & doors.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations to dwg - room layouts & bathrm changes
- Multiple homes$2.3m
260116 - future lots 1-5 - apartment complex with 5 units. Units 1-4 have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with internal access single gge. Unit 5 has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & internal access single gge
- Alterations and additions$10k
Replace open, brick fire with new multi fuel
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a woodsman coast multi-fuel burner & & replace flue.
- Alterations and additions$8,500
Replace multi fuel fire & wetback
- Fires and heating$9,000
Replacement of fire box, flue & wetback
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Separation of services
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Sewer separation
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Sewer separation
- Fires and heating$8,500
Replacement of a Woodsman Tarras with a new yunca monte
- Alterations and additions$15k
Replace concrete tile roof with new colorsteel roof
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Construct new shed. Sewer separation of dwg.
- Demolition$8,600
Alterations (no additions) to standalone private dwg with some minor demolition work amendment 1: minor drainage work / sewer separation
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$191k
Rbw - 33289 new two bdrm transportable sleepout to be built bearers up
- Alterations and additions$100k
Res/farm - add to footprint & interior alterations to the existing dwg.
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
New pole shed
- Fires and heating$1,200
Free standing fire - Microfire Microrad Freestanding Fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cobden?
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.