Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glengarry
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 Glengarry itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 257 consents we hold in Glengarry, 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 Glengarry’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 Glengarry
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Glengarry. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Glengarry
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 257 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 heating56
11 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions36
6 in the last 12 months · typically $7,750
- Garages, sheds and carports18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $37k
- Insulation13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $485k
- Multiple homes5
typically $690k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $88k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
typically $100k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $12k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $2,501
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.5mR3 - 5 x three storey townhouse 41 Derwent Street
- $117kRbw construct sleepout incl. Kitchenette & bathrm 142 Crawford Street
- $90kInternal alterations with insulation, cladding to external walls & re-roof 235 St Andrew Street
- $75kInternal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls 239 St Andrew Street
- $32kRbw extension to living 27 Tummel Street
257 consents
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install f/s metro wee rad solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$13k
Rbw internal alterations to remove wall
- Fires and heating$5,800
Install f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend entry, cladding, pre-nail & as built foundation
- Alterations and additions$1
Rbw entrance cladding product changed
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install f/s woodsman petite serene solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install scandia cascade leb f/s solid fuel burner
- Insulation$90k
Internal alterations with insulation, cladding to external walls & re-roof
- Insulation$75k
Internal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications - maxen kinmont 350l replaces existing fire.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s masport r1200 solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$4,000
F/s woodsman coleridge legs sfh
- Alterations and additions$1
Durability modification amendment
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner (replacement)
- New homes$2.5m
R3 - 5 x three storey townhouse
- Alterations and additions$32k
Rbw extension to living
- Alterations and additions$1
Durability modification
- Fires and heating$10k
Install inbuilt yunca xander solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install insert maxen Forbury solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$117k
Rbw construct sleepout incl. Kitchenette & bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Rbw construct attached gge with laundry
- New homes$700k
Construction of a new dwg with a detached gge, installation of a woodsman serene (uleb) dry freestanding woodburner - cac194586, subject to section 73 notice
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw bathrm / laundry alterations
- Fires and heating$5,900
Install f/s masport Kaituna solid fuel burner (replacement)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glengarry?
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.