Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kew
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 Kew, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 52 consents we hold in Kew, 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 Kew’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 Kew
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kew sits in (Clifton-Kew) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 13 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 Kew
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 52 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 heating13
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions12
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes4
typically $350k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $26k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $2,750
- Relocated buildings1
typically $250k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $100kRbw - removing existing tiles & replacing with new tiles in 2 bathrooms including shower wet areas. 9 Argyle Street
- $24kConstruct gge 35 Paisley Street
- $5,000Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii (replacement) 200 Bluff Highway
- $5,000Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement) 64 Dunbeath Crescent
- $5,000Install f/s woodman serene solid fuel burner (replacement) 61 Paisley Street
52 consents
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - removing existing tiles & replacing with new tiles in 2 bathrooms including shower wet areas.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii (replacement)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Garages, sheds and carports$24k
Construct gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s woodman serene solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw internal alterations to remove wall
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s woodsman serene solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw add of ensuite / wir, kitchen / laundry layout, bathrm / wc alt & removal of chimney
- New homes$350k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 4 160 Kew Rd)
- New homes$350k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 1)
- New homes$350k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 2 162 Kew Rd)
- New homes$350k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 3 158 Kew Rd)
- Alterations and additions$32k
Rbw remove wall between bathrm / wc & add wet floor shower
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$90k
Rbw internal alterations, re-clad, yunca blenz solid fuel burner (replacement) & insulation to external walls (fire damage)
- Alterations and additions$1
Rbw remove proposed kitchen window
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,750
Install 100mm fs & 100mm sw drainage
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$1
Rbw change to plywood flooring, timber piles in concrete footing & foundation bracing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burning appliance
- Alterations and additions$1
Rbw siting, cladding, internal alt & additional decks
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw internal alterations (change of use to multi unit dwg)
- Relocated buildings$250k
Rbw foundation & services for relocated 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$1,916
New metro eco tiny ped wood burner
- Alterations and additions$35k
Rbw bathrm alt
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kew?
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.