Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Canvastown
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Canvastown, 10 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 324 consents we hold in Canvastown, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Canvastown’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Canvastown
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Canvastown sits in (Marlborough Sounds West) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 10 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Canvastown
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 324 from 1 Apr 2021 to 1 Apr 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 heating7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $103k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $554k
- New homes2
typically $1.1m
- Relocated buildings1
typically $77k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $30k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $168k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $115kFour bay shed 1128 Kaiuma Bay Road
- $6,000Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater 8 Healys Road
324 consents
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$115k
Four bay shed
- Fires and heating$8,000
Inbuilt metro smart insert solid fuel heater
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$130k
Detached granny flat & solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing pyro mini solid fuel heater
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$978k
Dwg with swimming pool & inbuilt stovax studio 3 solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
New on site wastewater system
- Relocated buildings$77k
Relocate dwg
- Fires and heating$190k
Res alterations & additions & solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing metro wee rad solid fuel heater
- New homes$1.8m
Dwg with inbuilt stovax log fire, pool, wastewater system & relocated shed
- Alterations and additions$168k
Replacement dwg on existing floor
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing metro wee rad solid fuel heater
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Decking extension & veranda roof
- New homes$346k
Dwg & solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing masport r3000 solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
Garages & or shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports
Hay Shed
- Fires and heating
Install Jotul Woodburner and Stack Potbelly Logfires
- Alterations and additions
Addition and Alteration
- Alterations and additions
Addition
- Alterations and additions
Ablution Block
- New homes
Dwelling and Log Fire
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Canvastown
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Canvastown?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.