Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Linkwater
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. Below: 1,002 consents we hold in Linkwater, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Linkwater
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,002 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Apr 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 heating12
4 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Alterations and additions9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Retaining walls7
typically $70k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $652k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $51k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $360kDwg & solid fuel heater 852 Queen Charlotte Drive, Linkwater
- $300kDwg repiling, recladding & bathrm extension 426 Moetapu Bay Road, Moetapu Bay
- $87kRes alterations & additions & solid fuel heater 339 Anakiwa Road, Anakiwa
- $70kRes alterations & additions & new lined gge 28 Lady Cobham Grove, Anakiwa
- $60kRes alterations & additions 628 Moetapu Bay Road, Moetapu Bay
1,002 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Res alterations & additions & new lined gge
- Commercial alterations$51k
Gge/pottery workshop
- Fires and heating$9,800
Free-standing maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker solid fuel heater
- New homes$360k
Dwg & solid fuel heater
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$7,000
Deck extension & balustrade
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$300k
Dwg repiling, recladding & bathrm extension
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing wagner leon solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$27k
Replacement wastewater system
- Fires and heating$87k
Res alterations & additions & solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$60k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing metro wee rad leg solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$88k
Add of bdrm with ensuite & wastewater system upgrade
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$45k
Deck extension
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Site works/drainage
- Alterations and additions$36k
Res alterations & additions
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Extension & internal alts to dwg incl new gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$4,000
Alterations to existing sleepout
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing pyro classic solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$78k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing maxen Henley 250 solid fuel heater
- Retaining walls$20k
Retaining walls & associated drainage work
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing maxen kinmont 450 woodstacker solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$12k
Install toilet in gge with lintel over cavity slider
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,000
Wastewater management system upgrade
- Fires and heating$145k
Dwg alterations & additions with free-standing rika pellet fire
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Linkwater
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Linkwater?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.