Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Marsden
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 Marsden, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 42 consents we hold in Marsden, 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 Marsden’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 Marsden
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Marsden sits in (Greymouth Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Marsden
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 42 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jun 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.
- New homes10
4 in the last 12 months · typically $528k
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2,500
- Fires and heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $52k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- New commercial buildings1
typically $353k
- Pools and spas1
typically $3,750
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $756k2 storey, 4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 106 Welshmans Road
- $600kConstruct a 3 bdrm dwg with wood burner & attached gge 240 Maori Creek Road
- $567kNew 2 storey 3 bdrm house with detached gge.
- $449kSingle storey 3 bdrm detached dwg 402 Maori Creek Road
- $40kWide span shed - 10 x 12 x 4m (cold form steel shed) 240 Maori Creek Road
42 consents
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Construction of a two-bdrm, two-bathrm res dwg with living, dining, kitchen & laundry & 'Tiny rad woody' solid fuel burner. Includes on-site service connections. Amendment 1: add of a fire sprinkler system.
- New homes$567k
New 2 storey 3 bdrm house with detached gge.
- New homes$600k
Construct a 3 bdrm dwg with wood burner & attached gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman stag multifuel fire to a domestic dwg
- New homes$449k
Single storey 3 bdrm detached dwg
- New homes$756k
2 storey, 4 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$1
New pile foundation for a relocated building & change of view. The building was a church meeting room, which will now be used as a dwg. Add a new carport & verandah. Alt existing toilet room to become a bathrm & add a kitchen & parti
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Wide span shed - 10 x 12 x 4m (cold form steel shed)
- Alterations and additions$1
Bdrm extension with new ensuite & walk in wardrobe. Replacement of: - exterior windows (as scheduled) - membrane roof replacement - roof over existing laundry new services, associated with the above amendment 2: new woodsman tarrus mk3 fire in loc
- New homes$470k
3 bdrm 1 bathrm with onsite wastewater
- 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.
- Fires and heating$9,500
Install ravelli elena pellet fire to a domestic dwg
- New homes$490k
Rbw - pbc e2e-lot 94 - new single-storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. New retention tank.
- New homes$330k
Construction of a two-bdrm, two-bathrm res dwg with living, dining, kitchen & laundry & 'Tiny rad woody' solid fuel burner. Includes on-site service connections.
- Alterations and additions$1
Single storey dwg amendment 1: - change the cladding from vinyl cladding weatherboard (horizontal & vertical installation) to corrugated colorsteel cladding (horizontal & vertical installation) with cavity batten - structural design of the new tim
- Alterations and additions$280k
Bdrm extension with new ensuite & walk in wardrobe. Replacement of: - exterior windows (as scheduled) - membrane roof replacement - roof over existing laundry new services, associated with the above
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install multifuel fire (Herold 80B)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new Woodsman Kanaku wood fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install Masport R5000L fire
- New homes$355k
Construction of single storey res dwg, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrm with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Log fire installation for masport r5000 ped encan # 131295
- New homes$600k
Erect two storey, 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$65k
This building work contains builtready modular component(s). Change of use. Former garden shed designed under nzs3604:1999 to be converted to dwg.
- Pools and spas$3,750
Swimming pool fence
- Garages, sheds and carports$62k
Pole shed.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Marsden?
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.