Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kingston
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. Below: 455 consents we hold in Kingston, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes District, 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 1,729 in 2025.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Queenstown-Lakes District, 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.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Kingston
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 455 from 23 Sep 2014 to 8 Sep 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.
- New homes33
typically $517k
- Fires and heating21
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions15
2 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $130k
- Relocated buildings5
typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $20k
- Multiple homes2
typically $1.3m
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $488k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $58k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $497kTo construct a 3 bed 1 bath 2 storey dwelling. 5 Dorset Street, Kingston
- $488kProposed masonry block & timber framed res dwg with attached granny flat on concrete slab with attached gge 50 Oxford Street, Kingston
- $90kNew gge with bathrm & septic system for future dwg 10 Hampshire Street, Kingston
- $40kProposed re-clad of existing dwg 23 Huntingdon Street, Kingston
- $5,000Install new maxen kinmont 350 woodstack, sfp standard flue, dektite roof flashing 29 Gloucester Street, Kingston
455 consents
- Alterations and additions$497k
To construct a 3 bed 1 bath 2 storey dwelling.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a metro wee rad wood burner housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alteration to2-storey Dwelling: Install new Maxen Kinmont 350P Wood Fire and 150mm free standing wood fire flue kit MKII, EPDM roof flashing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new maxen kinmont 350 woodstack, sfp standard flue, dektite roof flashing
- Fires and heating$3,000
New woodsman Brunner fire Brunner mkii, heatsaver flue kit, deks flexible roof boot flashing
- New commercial buildings$488k
Proposed masonry block & timber framed res dwg with attached granny flat on concrete slab with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
New gge with bathrm & septic system for future dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Proposed re-clad of existing dwg
- New homes$800k
Construction of single storey dwg
- New homes$688k
Construction of single storey dwg with detached gge
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment - window changes (configuration change but no size changes) changes to internal doors removal of deck
- New homes$1.1m
New 4 bedrooms dwg with maxraft foundation, timber framed wall & roof. With james haride oblique wall cladding, profiled metal cladding, stria wall cladding & profiled metal roofing.
- Alterations and additions$300k
Change of use to dwelling - new mezzanine mid span floor with bedroom and bathroom.
- New homes$689k
Single storey, three bed, two bathrm house with attached dbl gge
- New homes$50k
Construction of foundations, in ground services and site works for dwelling fabricated off-site.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Grey water design with supporting out field and composting toilet.
- New homes$1.6m
Construct two - single level, two-bdrm triplexes (block a & b)
- New homes$1.2m
Construction of a single storey dwelling with attached garage.
- Relocated buildings$65k
Foundations, drainage, waste water system and roof water collection for relocated dwelling
- New homes$500k
New dwg with attached gge
- Multiple homes$1.6m
Construct six one-level two-bdrm units (2 x triplexes) - stage 6.1 - blocks g & h
- Multiple homes$1m
Erect two single-level two-bdrm dwgs with attached single garages & a single-level three-bdrm dwg with attached single gge (triplex - block c). Erect a single-level three-bdrm dwg - block d.
- New homes$1m
Erect 1x single-level three-bdrm standalone dwg with attached single gge (block e). & erect 3x single-level two-bdrm dwgs each with attached single garages (triplex - block f). S
- New homes$150k
Construction of dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman kanaku uleb, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 223218
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Suburbs in Kingston
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kingston?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m 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.