Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hororata
2,424 new homes were consented in the Selwyn District council area in the year to September 2026, up 58% on the year before. They also consented $216m of non-residential building work, down 17% on the year before. Below: 50 consents we hold in Hororata, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Selwyn District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Selwyn 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 1,928 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Selwyn 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.
- Warehouses and storage$102m
25 buildings · 41,166 m² new floor area · $2,457/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Education$47.9m
16 buildings · 9,976 m² new floor area · $4,028/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$27.5m
129 buildings · 51,611 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +43% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17m
8 buildings · 6,733 m² new floor area · $1,521/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,637 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −63% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6.1m
1 building · 409 m² new floor area · $3,912/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.1m
2 buildings · 633 m² new floor area · $4,344/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.3m
1 building · −73% on the year before
- Offices$1m
−75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$825k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Hororata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 50 from 1 Jul 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.
- Fires and heating12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $10k
- Pools and spas2
typically $253k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $102k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $70k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 4 2/273 Zig Zag Road, Windwhistle
- $220kConstruction of new transportable 2 bdrm dwg 193 Hororata Road, Hororata
- $102kConstruction of outbuilding - 4-bay pole shed. 2/273 Zig Zag Road, Windwhistle
- $100kDwg alterations - renovation of existing dwg & 369 Rockwood Road, Hororata
- $5,500Installation of solid fuel heater - woodsman coaster 90 Struie Road, Hororata
50 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport osburn 1600
- Alterations and additions$100k
Dwg alterations - renovation of existing dwg &
- Garages, sheds and carports$102k
Construction of outbuilding - 4-bay pole shed.
- New homes$900k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- New homes$220k
Construction of new transportable 2 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of solid fuel heater - woodsman coaster
- New homes$280k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 1
- Pools and spas$20k
Amendment 2 change to f9 pool barriers, bathrm water
- New homes$868k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 5
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - firenzo Bronte
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$70k
30 square metre sleepout already constructed
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend (install shower)
- Alterations and additions$100k
Amendment 1 - revised structure, mechanical engineering,
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - Woodsman Kanaku
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - Metro Wee Rad
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - Firenzo Contessa AG
- New homes$100k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 1
- Pools and spas$486k
Construction of outbuilding - indoor swimming pool
- New homes$625k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- New homes$500k
Construction of dwg with attached gge & installation of a woodsman coleridge (pedestal), freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac 211398
- Fires and heating$10k
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport r5000 leg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1
Septic tank system replaced with holding tank system,
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - metro wee ped
- New homes$200k
Construction of detached dwg single storey
- New homes$391k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
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Suburbs in Hororata
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hororata?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 2,424 new homes consented in the Selwyn District council area, with $1.1b of residential and $216m 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.