Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kennington
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 Kennington, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 42 consents we hold in Kennington, 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 Kennington’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 Kennington
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kennington sits in (Awarua Plains) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Kennington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 42 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 additions11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Multiple homes5
5 in the last 12 months · typically $250k
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $8,000
- Commercial alterations3
typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $140k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mRbw. Lot 1 - new two-storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, one kitchen, a single gge, & above above-ground water tank. Timber retaining wall. Drain bridging for lots 5 & 6. (b 49 Rimu Road
- $250kRbw. Lot 5 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses). 49 Rimu Road
- $250kRbw. Lot 6 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses). 49 Rimu Road
- $250kRbw. Lot 3 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses). 49 Rimu Road
- $250kRbw. Lot 4 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedroomstwo bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses). 49 Rimu Road
42 consents
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations to add bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$130k
To build a wide span shed 20 x 15 with a games room
- Fires and heating$11k
Installation of a yunca xander being installed through exisiting masonry cavity.
- New homes$1.5m
Rbw. Lot 1 - new two-storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, one kitchen, a single gge, & above above-ground water tank. Timber retaining wall. Drain bridging for lots 5 & 6. (b
- Multiple homes$250k
Rbw. Lot 2 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses).
- Multiple homes$250k
Rbw. Lot 3 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses).
- Multiple homes$250k
Rbw. Lot 4 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedroomstwo bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses).
- Multiple homes$250k
Rbw. Lot 5 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses).
- Multiple homes$250k
Rbw. Lot 6 - new two storey dwg. Include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, one kitchen, single gge, & above ground water tank. (block of 6 townhouses).
- Relocated buildings$70k
Rbw re-clad for relocated dwg, deck & plumbing & drainage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Kennington connect install pump chamber & drainage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s metro wee rad solid fuel burner (reconditioned)
- Alterations and additions$100k
Amendment - durability modificaton
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Construct a 5 bay shed
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw bathrm alt including tiled shower
- Alterations and additions$75k
Rbw foundations, access & services for transportable 3 bdrm dwg with internal alterations
- New homes$556k
3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Commercial alterations$40k
New gge with home office miscellaneous
- Alterations and additions$1
Schedule 1, exemption 2 Kennington connection
- Alterations and additions$1
Schedule 1, exemption 2 - Kennington connection
- Alterations and additions$1
Schedule 1, exemption 2 - Kennington connection
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Install 100mm fs drainage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Disconnect existing house from septic tank / effluent field system, connect to reticulated f/sewer system
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a yunca oscar ca sub 1.1 fuel burner
- Commercial alterations$40k
Site a new factory built home on engineered piles & connect to services on site
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kennington?
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.