Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Methven
368 new homes were consented in the Ashburton District council area in the year to September 2026, up 51% on the year before. They also consented $80m of non-residential building work, up 24% on the year before. Below: 228 consents we hold in Methven, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ashburton District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ashburton 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 309 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 — Ashburton 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.
- Farm buildings$35.3m
130 buildings · 43,393 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · +141% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.9m
1 building · 7,461 m² new floor area · $1,192/m² new · +281% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.2m
2 buildings · 2,344 m² new floor area · $3,413/m² new · +75% on the year before
- Offices$8.3m
5 buildings · 2,377 m² new floor area · $3,096/m² new · +1162% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.1m
2 buildings · 703 m² new floor area · $7,956/m² new · +277% on the year before
- Education$5m
2 buildings · 194 m² new floor area · $12,371/m² new · −30% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.5m
2 buildings · 288 m² new floor area · $5,340/m² new · −84% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$715k
2 buildings · 364 m² new floor area · $1,964/m² new · +38% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$10k
−100% on the year before
Consents on record in Methven
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 228 from 1 Sep 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 homes81
13 in the last 12 months · typically $490k
- Fires and heating50
7 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions23
5 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- Garages, sheds and carports20
3 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $100k
- Pools and spas3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Multiple homes2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $755k
- Insulation2
typically $6,800
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $66k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $970kTwo adjoined dwgs with attached garages 27 Holmes Road, Methven
- $900kSingle level dwg with detached gge 14 Westward Way, Methven
- $800kSingle level dwg with sfh & attached gge 18 Westward Way, Methven
- $730kSingle level dwg & attached gge 5 Elmwood Farm Lane, Methven
- $650kSingle level dwg with sfh & attached gge 34 Arrowsmith Drive, Methven
228 consents
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install a f/s woodsman kanuka sfh
- Alterations and additions$149k
Dwg alterations & additions 62 barkers Rd Loburn lot 2 dp 19573
- Pools and spas$95k
Install swimming pool & pool fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Pole shed
- New homes$530k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$650k
Single level dwg with sfh & attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Wagener leon freestanding multifuel burner with wetback 151 barkers Rd Loburn rs 32270
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Siting for pre-fabricated two bdrm domestic dwg & construction of gge/storage room
- Alterations and additions$30k
Two dwgs (siting) (lot 9 (build order 9) & lot 10 (build order 10)) .Placing of two dwgs on their associated lots (9 & 10). Work is for foundations, services (water, stormwater, wastewater), & junction (structure flashings) of buildin
- Fires and heating$3,000
F/s woodsman kanaku sfh
- Multiple homes$970k
Two adjoined dwgs with attached garages
- Alterations and additions$10k
Change of use from sh (res household unit) to sa (workers accommodation)
- New homes$800k
Single level dwg with sfh & attached gge
- New homes$730k
Single level dwg & attached gge
- Fires and heating$8,400
Install a f/s ravelli, dual 7, dry, pellet fire
- New homes$328k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$420k
Construct a new res dwg with an attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a f/s metro wee rad sfh
- Multiple homes$540k
Two single level dwgs with carports. Section s37b - septic tank
- New homes$359k
Single level dwg & attached gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
Extension to sleepout
- New homes$370k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$70k
Internal alterations, new window, two tiled showers
- New homes$900k
Single level dwg with detached gge
- New homes$450k
Single level dwg with attached gge
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Suburbs in Methven
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Methven?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 368 new homes consented in the Ashburton District council area, with $172m of residential and $80m 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.