Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waverley
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 Waverley itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 174 consents we hold in Waverley, 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 Waverley’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 Waverley
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Waverley (Invercargill City). 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 Waverley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 174 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.
- Alterations and additions31
4 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Fires and heating31
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Insulation7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes4
typically $445k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $12k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $63k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Fit-outs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500kConstruct two res dwgs 9 Abbot Street
- $90kInternal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls 22A Ward Street
- $75kInternal alterations with insulation, solid fuel burner flue & cladding to external walls 8C Ward Street
- $50k260244 - lot 2 - relocate pre-existing dwg to this property. 269 Racecourse Road
- $42kRbw extension for add of ensuite 36 Helmsdale Street
174 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 350-w solid fuel burner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Minor drainage work - sewer separation
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Install type 1 sewer pump station
- Alterations and additions$1,500
Add of wc & basin to outside storeroom
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Internal alt wall moved in kitchen
- Insulation$1
Install cosy wall insulation
- Fires and heating$75k
Internal alterations with insulation, solid fuel burner flue & cladding to external walls
- Insulation$90k
Internal alterations with insulation & cladding to external walls
- Relocated buildings$50k
260244 - lot 2 - relocate pre-existing dwg to this property.
- Alterations and additions$42k
Rbw extension for add of ensuite
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Add of wc
- Insulation$1
Install insulmax insulation
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen cargill 350-d solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$30k
Rbw construct deck
- Multiple homes$500k
Construct two res dwgs
- Fit-outs$20k
Retail fit-out for Mum's Chicken (Meridian Mall - tenancy 106)
- Alterations and additions$125k
Rbw extensions to add ensuite / wir & laundry with wc & entry way
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s enviro Bayview ef3 (pellet) solid fuel burner (replacement / refurbished)
- Alterations and additions$1
Change to doors
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Install toilet into laundry
- Fires and heating$60k
Rbw internal alt to laundry, remove fuel burner, add of ensuite vanity & pool barrier
- Insulation$1
Schedule 1, exemption 2 install insulmax insulation
- New homes$450k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing metro wee rad base woodburner
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waverley?
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.