Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mill Road
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 Mill Road, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 42 consents we hold in Mill Road, 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 Mill Road’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 Mill Road
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mill Road sits in (Kennington-Tisbury) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 10 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 Mill Road
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 42 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Sep 2025. 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 heating12
typically $6,750
- Alterations and additions7
typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $45k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $22k
- Pools and spas1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
42 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Construct a 4 bay pole shed
- Fires and heating$9,800
Install f/s yunca monte euro multi-fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,800
Install f/s masport Akaroa solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw internal alterations to remove wall kitchen / dining room & add of sliding door
- Fires and heating$11k
Install f/s yunca monte multi solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$65k
Rbw extension to add hobby room
- Garages, sheds and carports$128k
Construct pole shed
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install f/s masport Hurunui uleb solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$1
Durability modification
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw internal alterations
- Fires and heating$7,800
Installation of solid wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install built-in yunca xander allure fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,800
To install a jayline pr300 free standing fire reusing detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amend: 2021/1163 rbw change jh oblique cladding to herman pacific hp59, add of warmington pizzaria cooking appliance
- Fires and heating$5,200
Install woodsman coaster multifuel burner
- Fires and heating$6,500
Replacement of existing insert sfh - metro Ltd smart
- Alterations and additions$55k
Rbw internal alt with wet floor shower add
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport MacKenzie r10000 woodburner
- Pools and spas$10k
Coa outdoor pool & hot tub barrier
- Commercial alterations$29k
Rbw internal gge converted to music studio & gym
- Garages, sheds and carports$78k
Rbw ensuite add to existing dwg, new pole shed & pole carport
- Garages, sheds and carports$34k
Construct versatile gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install yunca monte multi-fuel
- Commercial alterations$15k
Reduce the existing gge length to create a new laundry area & the existing laundry to become an office. Constructed with timber framed walls & brick veneer wall cladding to match existing
- Fires and heating$6,500
To fit a replacement masport r5000 leg woodfire
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Near Mill Road
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mill Road?
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.