Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Dobson
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 Dobson, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 61 consents we hold in Dobson, 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 Dobson’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 Dobson
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Dobson sits in (Dobson) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Dobson
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 61 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 heating11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater9
typically $8,500
- Alterations and additions6
typically $5,000
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $750k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $260k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $750kProposed new single level, 3 bedroom dwg 936 State Highway 7
- $260kConstruction of three new detached units 3 Herald Street
- $200kPartial demolition, recladding, & internal alterations to the existing dwg, installation of an insert solid fuel heater & chimney construction, & construction of a new gge. 5 Moa Street
- $10kRemoval of old solid fuel heater & replacing with new woodsman's coaster 89 Omapere Street
- $2,500Installing a new metro tiny rad sfh 842 State Highway 7
61 consents
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$200k
Partial demolition, recladding, & internal alterations to the existing dwg, installation of an insert solid fuel heater & chimney construction, & construction of a new gge.
- Fires and heating$10k
Removal of old solid fuel heater & replacing with new woodsman's coaster
- Fires and heating$2,500
Installing a new metro tiny rad sfh
- New homes$750k
Proposed new single level, 3 bedroom dwg
- Multiple homes$260k
Construction of three new detached units
- Fires and heating$1
Remedial piling & replace solid fuel heater amendment 1: piling matters
- Fires and heating$30k
Remedial piling & replace solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fire & flue installation
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install woodsman stag multifuel fire with wetback (replacement)
- Fires and heating$8,600
Installation of a new woodsman coaster fire in place of existing fire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,500
Minor drainage work / sewer separation
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new woodsman coaster to res dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install secondhand fisher multifuel wet fire to a domestic dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new freestanding fire cylinder & wetback
- New homes$1.1m
Construction of a 4 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with attached gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$14k
Connect to council sewer
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Separation of services
- New homes$700k
Construction of a three bdrm house with attached gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Sewer separation
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$9,500
Minor drainage work - sewer separation
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Connection to sewer.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Separation of services
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install second hand multi fuel fire to domestic dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Separation of sewer to new system.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install a second hand pioneer wet fire to domestic dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dobson?
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.