Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Greymouth
Councils consented $12.7m of non-residential building work in the Grey District council area in the year to September 2026, down 56% on the year before. Below: 16 commercial consents we hold in Greymouth, 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Greymouth
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 16 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Sep 2025. 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.
- Commercial alterations7
typically $110k
- New commercial buildings3
typically $493k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
16 consents
- New commercial buildings$353k
Construction of a three-bdrm res dwg with bathrm, ensuite, living, kitchen, dining, office, laundry & woodsman The Stag with wetback. Connected to on-site services.
- Commercial alterations$8,000
Install woodsman aspen wood fire to a church
- Commercial alterations$30k
Alt of existing building to create a household unit from an existing butcher/ fish processing shop. Partial foundation replacement. New kitchen & bathrm. Partial re-clad of walls. Replacement roof cladding & window & door joinery.'
- Commercial alterations$400k
Rbw - alterations to existing two storey timber bungalow: renovations to kitchen & living room, new gas fireplace, internal alterations to form home office & fourth bdrm, new timber windows &
- Commercial alterations$5,000
New fireplace in commercial building commercial
- New commercial buildings$493k
Construct new 2 bdrm dwg with office & single integrated gge.
- Commercial alterations$110k
Living/office room add to existing dwg
- Commercial alterations$285k
New gge add, new lounge add, office alt & kitchen relocated.
- Commercial alterations$150k
Close in existing verandah, new bathrm, relocated kitchen & new office. Minor alterations to exterior of building.
- New commercial buildings$553k
Construction of single storey dwg 2 bathrm, 4 bdrm + office & attached gge
- Commercial alterations$20k
Renovate an office into ensuite in the main bdrm
- Fit-outs$140k
Removal of existing kitchen & internal walls. Extension to entry area including new windows & door & new kitchen fit out
- Commercial alterations$50k
Construction of a workshop, attached to an existing, standalone gge.
- Commercial alterations$28k
Build detached dbl gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$12k
Convert an office into ensuite bathrm
- Commercial alterations$75k
Erect totalspan gge/workshop with bathrm
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Greymouth
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Greymouth?
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.