Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Appleby
229 new homes were consented in the Invercargill City council area in the year to September 2026, up 21% on the year before. They also consented $44m of non-residential building work, down 65% on the year before. In Appleby itself, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 217 consents we hold in Appleby, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Invercargill City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Appleby’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Invercargill City, 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 286 in 2021.
New homes in Appleby
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Appleby North (Invercargill City), Appleby South (Invercargill City). In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 1 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 — Invercargill City, 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$13.2m
3 buildings · 677 m² new floor area · $3,676/m² new · +30% on the year before
- Education$8.3m
4 buildings · 410 m² new floor area · $2,812/m² new · −64% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7m
3 buildings · 6,110 m² new floor area · $552/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$5.4m
2 buildings · 858 m² new floor area · $3,613/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
36 buildings · 8,469 m² new floor area · $416/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2.9m
1 building · 484 m² new floor area · $5,165/m² new · +1064% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.8m
1 building · 65 m² new floor area · $462/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$650k
+4% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$216k
2 buildings · 264 m² new floor area · $720/m² new · −98% on the year before
Consents on record in Appleby
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 217 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 heating38
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions23
4 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- New homes14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $394k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
typically $7,000
- Insulation4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $87k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $85k
- Fit-outs2
typically $20k
- Demolition1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mRbw construct 1 x two bdrm & 2 x three bdrm dwgs each with attached gge 126 O'Hara Street
- $850kRbw construct 1 x 5 bdrm dwg & 1 x 4 bdrm dwg 174 Crinan Street
- $210kRbw granny flat exemption 129 Teviot Street
- $182kRbw construct 2 bdrm dwg 154-156 Nith Street
- $150kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to laundry, new master bdrm with ensuite, bathrm relocation, & 6.65m2 add on new sed concrete foundation under existing roof 102 William Street
217 consents
- Fires and heating$6,917
Install f/s maxen kinmont 450-ws solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Bathrm alt added wet floor shower
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to laundry, new master bdrm with ensuite, bathrm relocation, & 6.65m2 add on new sed concrete foundation under existing roof
- New homes$850k
Rbw construct 1 x 5 bdrm dwg & 1 x 4 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bathrm alt & add of wc
- Insulation$1
Install cosy wall insulation
- Alterations and additions$12k
Rbw bathrm alt
- New homes$182k
Rbw construct 2 bdrm dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$210k
Rbw granny flat exemption
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect gge
- Demolition$120k
Rbw demolish & rebuild extension to include kitchen, bathrm, laundry & alterations to existing bathrm
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install f/s woodsman Tasman solid fuel burner with wetback (replacement)
- Fires and heating$110k
Rbw bathrm alt, extension to south of dwg & yunca oscar insert solid fuel burner
- Relocated buildings$85k
Rbw 3 bdrm relocated dwg
- Multiple homes$1.2m
Rbw construct 1 x two bdrm & 2 x three bdrm dwgs each with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$66k
Construct gge incl. Hobby room
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s blaze king sirocco 20 leg solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$5,900
Install f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$9,700
Install insert yunca xander og solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$40k
Rbw replacing sub floor
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner
- New homes$450k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 1)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construct dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$8,000
Foundations & services for relocated gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Appleby?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 229 new homes consented in the Invercargill City council area, with $120m of residential and $44m 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.