Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Riverlea
65 new homes were consented in the South Taranaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 3% on the year before. They also consented $32.5m of non-residential building work, down 22% on the year before. In the statistical area around Riverlea, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Riverlea, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Taranaki District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Riverlea’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Taranaki 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 100 in 2007.
New homes in Riverlea
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Riverlea sits in (Kaponga-Mangatoki) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — South Taranaki 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.
- Farm buildings$11.3m
60 buildings · 17,849 m² new floor area · $621/m² new · +72% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
+66% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.5m
1 building · −75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 990 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.9m
1 building · 221 m² new floor area · $1,434/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$467k
1 building · 114 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Offices$355k
−14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$214k
Consents on record in Riverlea
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Apr 2021 to 1 Dec 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.
- Fires and heating2
typically $8,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $20k
- New homes1
typically $299k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $30kPole type storage shed 1790 Eltham Road
6 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Pole type storage shed
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alts to existing dwg: changes to 1 x window, 1 door, relative wall framing & cladding
- New homes$299k
New dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install metro tiny rad (woody) f/stdg logfire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman Tarras mkiii freestanding logfire
- Fires and heating$4,612
Install metro eco wee rad - leg f/stdg logfire
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Near Riverlea
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Riverlea?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 65 new homes consented in the South Taranaki District council area, with $48.3m of residential and $32.5m 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.