Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Gladstone
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 Gladstone itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 262 consents we hold in Gladstone, 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 Gladstone’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 Gladstone
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Gladstone (Invercargill City). 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 Gladstone
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 262 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.
- Alterations and additions72
6 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Fires and heating63
15 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Garages, sheds and carports9
typically $59k
- Insulation8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- New homes7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $568k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $3,490
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
typically $85k
- Demolition1
typically $200k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $800k251096 - existing ground floor to have new internal accessible shower, relocated kitchenette. New mezanine floor constructed on structurally design floor, with new glazed stairwell connecting new & existing 94 Duke Street
- $568kRbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed, 24b fulton St) 24 Fulton Street
- $170kAdd of sunroom & alterations to dwg housing - detached 126 Gladstone Terrace
- $116kDwg add (louvre system) 32 Gladstone Terrace
- $60kInternal alterations to bathrm 39 Ramrig Street
262 consents
- Fires and heating$5,600
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad base freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install yunca monte multi fuel heating
- Fires and heating$3,000
Metro uleb freestanding logburner 28/261 lees Rd Kaiapoi lot 28 dp 310812
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install f/s woodsman Tarras solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$60k
Internal alterations to bathrm
- Fires and heating$6,200
Install f/s monte euro solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Insulation$1
Install insulmax insulation (18b albert St)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$7,900
Install insert yunca xander solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Insulation$1
Install insulmax insulation
- Alterations and additions$116k
Dwg add (louvre system)
- New homes$568k
Rbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed, 24b fulton St)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s ravelli elena pellet solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$10k
Install f/s metro xtreme rad solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$170k
Add of sunroom & alterations to dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$8,700
Install f/s yunca monte base solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$8,400
Install f/s yunca monte solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$12k
Install insert firenzo kompact athena solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Install sw sump
- Alterations and additions$800k
251096 - existing ground floor to have new internal accessible shower, relocated kitchenette. New mezanine floor constructed on structurally design floor, with new glazed stairwell connecting new & existing
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw bathrm alt including wet floor
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen Saint Clair 350 solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,200
Install f/s masport coronet solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install f/s yunca wegj 2000 solid fuel burner (replacement)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Gladstone?
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.