Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Karoro
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 Karoro, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 68 consents we hold in Karoro, 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 Karoro’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 Karoro
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Karoro sits in (Karoro) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 Karoro
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 68 from 1 Aug 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.
- Alterations and additions19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Fires and heating16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- New homes7
typically $589k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Demolition2
typically $325k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $493k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kConvert band hall to dwg 186 Main South Road
- $25kExtension to the existing deck 10.96m with glass balustrade & add of a proprietary awning 9m 5 Stanton Crescent
- $8,000Install firenzo kompact ag deco insert heater in dwg 186 Main South Road
- $4,500To install woodsman stag fire 45 Power Road
- $1Removal of existing corrugated exterior cladding & replace with james hardie stria horizontal weatherboard. Amendment 1: change of cladding - proposed stria cladding for rcs integra panel. 17 Karoro Place
68 consents
- Alterations and additions$150k
Convert band hall to dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
Extension to the existing deck 10.96m with glass balustrade & add of a proprietary awning 9m
- Fires and heating$4,500
To install woodsman stag fire
- Alterations and additions$1
Removal of existing corrugated exterior cladding & replace with james hardie stria horizontal weatherboard. Amendment 1: change of cladding - proposed stria cladding for rcs integra panel.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install firenzo kompact ag deco insert heater in dwg
- Demolition$1
Demolition of fire damaged areas & rebuild amendment 1: change from a acrylic shower to a tiled shower a tile over base & walls with glass screen & door
- Alterations and additions$55k
Removal of existing corrugated exterior cladding & replace with james hardie stria horizontal weatherboard.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Existing domestic dwg internal alterations only that includes: - bathrm / toilet area reformation. - bdrm door opening enlargement. - interconnected smoke detection system install throughout.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Reclad existing house, convert walk-in robe to ensuite, & re-roof.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of single storey dwg 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with rumpus room amendment 1: change from gas hot water heating to an electric exterior stiebel eltron wwk302h hot water heat pump
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of single story dwg 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with rumpus room amendment 1: construction of sed retaining wall with tie bars to house piles as per engineers design & sepcifications amendment 2: change from gas hot water heating to a
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replacement of solid fuel space heater
- Alterations and additions$45k
Bathrm alt
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman kanaku wood fire to a domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$125k
Extend house adding bdrm/ensuite. Detached dwg.
- New homes$200k
Construction of a 1 bdrm 65sqm minor res unit on a concrete slab, timber framed, light weight cladding & roof
- Demolition$650k
Demolition of fire damaged areas & rebuild
- New homes$292k
Construct a 1 bdrm dwg
- New homes$467k
Construction of a 4 bed 2 bath single storey home with an attached gge
- Fires and heating$4,000
Replace existing fireplace
- Alterations and additions$35k
Bdrm extension with new ensuite
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of single story dwg 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with rumpus room amendment 1: construction of sed retaining wall with tie bars to house piles as per engineers design & sepcifications
- Alterations and additions$23k
Install a firebird c35 condensing boiler to detached dwg
- New homes$728k
Construction of single storey dwg 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms with rumpus room
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Karoro?
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.