Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Grasmere
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 Grasmere itself, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 259 consents we hold in Grasmere, 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 Grasmere’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 Grasmere
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Prestonville-Grasmere. In the year to September 2026: 7 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 Grasmere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 259 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 heating58
13 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions42
4 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- New homes28
16 in the last 12 months · typically $412k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,250
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Insulation5
typically $1
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Demolition1
typically $450k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $783kNew 3 bdrm dwg with metro wee rad woody constructed off site in two pieces all under one building consent 125 Bay Road
- $692kRbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge 125A Heywood Street
- $565kDwg with attached gge 40 cunningham St Rangiora lot 217 dp 623026 40 Cunningham Street
- $500kDwg with attached gge 14 cunningham St Rangiora lot 230 dp 623026 14 Cunningham Street
- $480kDwg with attached gge & log burner 108 bay Rd Oxford lot 5 dp 583129 108 Bay Road
259 consents
- New homes$783k
New 3 bdrm dwg with metro wee rad woody constructed off site in two pieces all under one building consent
- New homes$480k
Dwg with attached gge & log burner 108 bay Rd Oxford lot 5 dp 583129
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install f/s masport Wanaka solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$6,784
Install f/s maxen kinmont soild fuel burner
- Fires and heating$6,687
Install f/s maxen cargill 350-d solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii solid fuel burner (replacement)
- New homes$425k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install yunca xander solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii wood burner
- Alterations and additions$2,235
Wc in bathrm
- New homes$565k
Dwg with attached gge 40 cunningham St Rangiora lot 217 dp 623026
- New homes$400k
Dwg with attached gge 3 cunningham St Rangiora lot 259 dp 623026
- New homes$380k
Dwg with attached gge 36 cunningham St Rangiora lot 219 dp 623026
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw internal alt to remove wall kitchen / dining
- Fires and heating$10k
Install f/s yunca monte euro (wetback) solid fuel burner(replacement)
- Relocated buildings$4,000
Relocated hwc, relocated kitchen taps & removed internal wall
- New homes$400k
Dwg with attached gge 6 cunningham St Rangiora lot 234 dp 623026
- New homes$500k
Dwg with attached gge 14 cunningham St Rangiora lot 230 dp 623026
- New homes$400k
Dwg with attached gge 18 cunningham St Rangiora lot 228 dp 623026
- New homes$460k
3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Add of wc
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Install 100mm fs & 100mm sw drainage (proposed 50b paterson St)
- Fires and heating$1,500
Install f/s masport Kaituna solid fuel burner
- New homes$350k
Dwg with attached gge 34 cunningham St Rangiora lot 220 dp 623026
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Structural foundations for container storage shed
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Grasmere?
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.