Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Hector
Councils consented $15m of non-residential building work in the Buller District council area in the year to September 2026, up 208% on the year before. Below: 1 commercial consents we hold in Hector, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Buller District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Buller 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.
- Hospitals and health$9.3m
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
3 buildings · 374 m² new floor area · $3,610/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.5m
1 building · 112 m² new floor area · $2,321/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.1m
12 buildings · 4,315 m² new floor area · $256/m² new · +8% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$940k
+282% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$358k
−48% on the year before
- Education$213k
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $698/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Offices$64k
−62% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Hector
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1 from 1 Feb 2025 to 1 Feb 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.
- New commercial buildings1
typically $300k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1 consent
- New commercial buildings$300k
Construction of a two bdrm dwg with open plan living with woodsman 1200 solid fuel burner to be constructed at the aflex homes factory then relocated to the site under a single consent.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Hector
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hector?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 50 new homes consented in the Buller District council area, with $24.8m of residential and $15m 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.