Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Branxholme
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 Branxholme, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 17 consents we hold in Branxholme, 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 Branxholme’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 Branxholme
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Branxholme sits in (Wallacetown) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 0 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 Branxholme
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 17 from 1 Jul 2020 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.
- New homes6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $544k
- Fires and heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Garages, sheds and carports2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Alterations and additions1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $689kConstruct 4 bdrm home with attached gge 78 Paddon Road
- $490kNew 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with dbl attached gge. 102 Paddon Road
- $109kConstruction of 3 bay timber & pole gge 1000 Lochiel Branxholme Road
- $30kNew totalspan gge 1111 Lochiel Branxholme Road
- $6,000Install new yunca monte in place of existing yunca wenge 21 Lawrence Road
17 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
New totalspan gge
- New homes$490k
New 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with dbl attached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$109k
Construction of 3 bay timber & pole gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new yunca monte in place of existing yunca wenge
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment - cladding change to brick only - innova removed.
- New homes$689k
Construct 4 bdrm home with attached gge
- New homes$500k
New 3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
- New homes$500k
Proposed single storey dwg on timber floor & associated drainage
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install free standing woodsman Tarras iii woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1
Amendment - change in effluent design
- New homes$959k
New 4 bdrm dwg - 274sqm
- New homes$588k
New 196.07sqm 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install new yunca monte replace existing fire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of a yunca oscar ca sub 1.1; New: Yunca Heating
- Fires and heating$9,000
Installation of a yunca monte multi-fuel wet
- Fires and heating$6,600
Install yunca blenz heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Remove non load bearing wall between shower/ bath rooms & toilet/ laundry rooms
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Branxholme?
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.