Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ascot
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 the statistical area around Ascot, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 34 consents we hold in Ascot, 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 Ascot’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 Ascot
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ascot sits in (Kennington-Tisbury) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 10 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 Ascot
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $55k
- New homes3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $685k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $24k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $21k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,400
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $685kRbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge & standalone gge 110A Findlay Road
- $500kRbw construct 3 bdrm dwg 142 Findlay Road
- $8,400Sed foundations & drainage (sleepout including bathrm) 167 East Road
- $5,000Install f/s wagner leon multi fuel burner (replacement) 218 Findlay Road
34 consents
- New homes$685k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge & standalone gge
- New homes$500k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s wagner leon multi fuel burner (replacement)
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,400
Sed foundations & drainage (sleepout including bathrm)
- New homes$1.8m
Rbw construct 5 bdrm dwg with attached gge & f/s escea tfs1000 solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Extension to shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Construct new shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Construct gge with garaport
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$24k
Install 100mm fs drainage
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro Ltd xtreme base f/stdg logfire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s masport osburn 1600 solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install f/s woodsman serene solid fuel burner appliance
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of solid fuel burner into existing masonry cavity
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install insert masport Rangitata solid fuel burning appliance
- Alterations and additions$42k
Rbw internal alterations, raise floor level with bathrm alterations
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Install wastewater system
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Rbw bathrm alt & add of laundry to gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Construct pole shed
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install jayline fr300
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install f/standing woodsman Tarras mkiii woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca wegj 2000 (sub 1.0)
- New homes$222k
Rbw owner exemption - new 3 bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Rbw amend: 2020/306 extend four bay pole shed, modify internal layout for games room
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install yunca oscar ca sub 1.1
- Insulation$1
Schedule 1 exemption (2) installation of insulmax blown mineral fibre insulation to exterior walls of property
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ascot?
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.