Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Strathern
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 Strathern itself, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 285 consents we hold in Strathern, 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 Strathern’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 Strathern
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Strathern. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 10 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 Strathern
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 285 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 heating61
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions55
4 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- New homes18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $385k
- Garages, sheds and carports12
typically $37k
- Multiple homes8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $700k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Insulation5
typically $1
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Retaining walls2
typically $34k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mRbw construct 8 x 2 bdrm units (proposed lots 1-8) 293 Pomona Street
- $600kErect two attached dwgs, construct retaining walls 51 Maitland Street
- $550kRbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 2, 122 Venus St) 124 Venus Street
- $113kRbw internal alterations & extension for add of 2 bedrooms 237 Nelson Street
- $90kRbw dwg extension kitchen 61 John Street
285 consents
- Fires and heating$9,500
Install f/s yunca monte base solid fuel burner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$1
Rbw change of piles
- Multiple homes$2m
Rbw construct 8 x 2 bdrm units (proposed lots 1-8)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace the insert solid fuel heater in the lounge open fireplace
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$22k
Alterations to onsite wastewater system
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Due to a slight change in the location of the underground public sewage pipe, the original timber ret.Wall has been replaced with k.Stone ret.Wall. Therefore, under the engineer guidance, the redesign
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw dwg extension kitchen
- Multiple homes$600k
Erect two attached dwgs, construct retaining walls
- Commercial alterations$75k
Construct gge with workshop / games room
- Alterations and additions$11k
Install champion ena ecan # 182875, no wetback connection
- Alterations and additions$113k
Rbw internal alterations & extension for add of 2 bedrooms
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner (replacement)
- New homes$550k
Rbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 2, 122 Venus St)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$7,500
New windows & recladding
- Alterations and additions$120k
Rbw internal alterations including wet floor shower & install f/s masport Akaroa solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$7,600
Install f/s yunca oscar c/a sub 1.1 solid fuel burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
Construct gge with sleepout
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Coa gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Construct gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$2,300
Install sump
- Alterations and additions$34k
Rbw bathrm alterations incl wet floor
- Fires and heating$7,417
Install f/s yunca monte solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Strathern?
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.