Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kirwee
2,424 new homes were consented in the Selwyn District council area in the year to September 2026, up 58% on the year before. They also consented $216m of non-residential building work, down 17% on the year before. Below: 141 consents we hold in Kirwee, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Selwyn District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Selwyn 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 1,928 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Selwyn 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.
- Warehouses and storage$102m
25 buildings · 41,166 m² new floor area · $2,457/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Education$47.9m
16 buildings · 9,976 m² new floor area · $4,028/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$27.5m
129 buildings · 51,611 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +43% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17m
8 buildings · 6,733 m² new floor area · $1,521/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,637 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −63% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6.1m
1 building · 409 m² new floor area · $3,912/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.1m
2 buildings · 633 m² new floor area · $4,344/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.3m
1 building · −73% on the year before
- Offices$1m
−75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$825k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Kirwee
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 141 from 1 Aug 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.
- New homes41
4 in the last 12 months · typically $535k
- Fires and heating27
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions17
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports14
5 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Pools and spas5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $13k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $215k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $104k
- Demolition1
typically $400k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey 24 Suffolk Drive, Kirwee
- $800kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 4 17 Thorndon Close, Kirwee
- $589kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 4 19 Thorndon Close, Kirwee
- $500kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 4 15 Thorndon Close, Kirwee
- $170kConstruction of outbuilding - 5 bay gge 35C Tramway Road, Kirwee
141 consents
- New homes$589k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - firenzo lady kitchener
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Construct new gge
- New homes$800k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - kent Benmore
- New homes$900k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$130k
Dwg alterations - recladding existing dwg with new
- Fires and heating$1
Installation of solid fuel heater - escea tfs1000
- Garages, sheds and carports$170k
Construction of outbuilding - 5 bay gge
- Insulation$4,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate existing walls
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - metro wee rad
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing maxen kinmont 350-l solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$39k
Outbuilding - gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Construction of outbuilding - 3 bay gge
- Fires and heating$3,500
Installation of solid fuel heater - kent aspiring
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - yunca monte (ca sub 1.0)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater masport Hurunui ashpan
- Alterations and additions$130k
Dwg alterations - dining room extension
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Construction of outbuilding - 4 bay pole shed
- Alterations and additions$1
Vertical shiplap cladding to be replaced with james hardie
- New homes$500k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- Pools and spas$40k
Construction of res pool barrier
- New homes$1m
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- New homes$612k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 2
- Pools and spas$780
Aluminium delta fence changed to guardian glass pool fence
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Suburbs in Kirwee
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kirwee?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 2,424 new homes consented in the Selwyn District council area, with $1.1b of residential and $216m 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.