Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Inchbonnie
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. Below: 3 consents we hold in Inchbonnie, 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.
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.
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 Inchbonnie
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3 from 1 Apr 2022 to 1 Jan 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.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $4,000
- New homes1
typically $52k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $35kInternal alterations & reclad to one exterior wall with new window & sliding door 1350 Lake Brunner Road, Inchbonnie
3 consents
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$35k
Internal alterations & reclad to one exterior wall with new window & sliding door
- New homes$52k
Construction of a one bdrm single storey dwg on timber piled foundations including an onsite wastewater management system & metro tiny rad base wood fire.
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Change of use from honey processing building to private res dwg with fisher denniston sfh amendment 1: install new septic tank-4000 litre model the existing tank cannot be used due to minimum fall requirements amendment 1: install new se
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Suburbs in Inchbonnie
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Inchbonnie?
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.