Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Heidelberg
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 Heidelberg itself, 29 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 205 consents we hold in Heidelberg, 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 Heidelberg’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 Heidelberg
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Heidelberg. In the year to September 2026: 29 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 Heidelberg
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 205 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 heating46
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions37
6 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Insulation18
4 in the last 12 months · typically $250k
- Garages, sheds and carports8
typically $40k
- New homes4
typically $358k
- Relocated buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Multiple homes2
typically $416k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $70k
- Retaining walls1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $90kInternal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls 4 Brooke Street
- $90kInternal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls 181 Regent Street
- $90kInternal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls 52 Lauder Crescent
- $90kInternal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls 72 Lauder Crescent
- $17kRbw internal alt to remove wall kitchen/lounge, bathrm alt incl. Relocate wc & insulation to exterior walls 137 Centre Street
205 consents
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Rbw internal alt to remove wall kitchen / dining room
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install f/s metro r2 solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$17k
Rbw internal alt to remove wall kitchen/lounge, bathrm alt incl. Relocate wc & insulation to exterior walls
- Alterations and additions$1
Rbw foundation design
- Insulation$90k
Internal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s kent Murchison solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$1
Specified system upgrades
- Insulation$90k
Internal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls
- Insulation$90k
Internal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls
- Insulation$90k
Internal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls
- Alterations and additions$1
Rbw foundation design
- Relocated buildings$15k
Rbw foundations, plumbing & drainage for relocated dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$1,766
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mk11 (wetback) solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw internal alt to remove walls, relocate bathrm & kitchen, install f/s yunca monte solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s woodsman serene solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$4,700
Install f/s masport Kaituna solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw extension to include storage room, entrance, bathrm alt & wc
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-ws solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$1
Schedule 1 notification - reinstate opening in internal wall, extend wardrobe, rehinge door, infill doorway, remove & reposition short walls in passage.
- Multiple homes$728k
Rbw construct 2 x bdrm dwgs
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations to bathrm & laundry
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construct gge
- Multiple homes$105k
COA - two new dwgs
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Heidelberg?
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.