Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Middlemarch
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. Below: 61 consents we hold in Middlemarch, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin 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 548 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 — Dunedin 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.
- Hospitals and health$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Middlemarch
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 61 from 1 Feb 2014 to 1 Jun 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 heating19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $252k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Alterations and additions3
typically $100k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $68k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $5,000
- Farm buildings1
typically $75k
- Insulation1
typically $6,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $252kNew dwg, install woodsman Brunner mkii heater, septic system & water tank 4 Garthmyl Road, Middlemarch
- $50kErect shed with bathrm, install water tanks 53 Tawe Street, Middlemarch
- $8,000Install champion tria plus pellet fire in dwg 1 Bank Avenue, Middlemarch
- $3,000Install pellet fire in dwg 4 Mold Street, Middlemarch
61 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect shed with bathrm, install water tanks
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install pellet fire in dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install champion tria plus pellet fire in dwg
- New homes$252k
New dwg, install woodsman Brunner mkii heater, septic system & water tank
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect pole shed
- Relocated buildings$100k
Relocate dwg (construct foundations & connect to site services), erect veranda & install water tanks
- Fires and heating$5,800
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad leg freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Wegj 2000 heater in dwg
- Farm buildings$75k
Erect implement shed (Goldpine), erect implement shed (Totalspan) with bathrm & install water tank
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing woodsman Brunner woodburner &
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro tiny ped heater in dwg
- Relocated buildings$36k
Construct foundations, services & access stairs for relocated dwg, install handbasin & water tanks
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Accessibility alterations to facilitate wheelchair access into the home.
- Garages, sheds and carports$38k
Erect gge with bathrm & laundry
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad - base heater in dwg
- Insulation$6,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Fires and heating$7,000
Amendment to ABA-2009-1378 - change heater to Champion Tria pellet fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Tarras MKIII heater with wetback in dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$5,000
Remedial structural work to form open-plan dining area & lounge
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Add to gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro xtreme rad - leg heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$10k
Install metro xtreme rad woody heater with wetback in dwg
- New homes$300k
Erect Dwelling, Install Nectre Bakers Oven Rural Heater with Wetback and Two Water Tanks
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extend & alt internal layout of dwg to accommodate an open-plan living/dining/kitchen, & additional bdrm, install pyroclassic mini heater, water tanks & construct pole shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport r3000 leg heater in dwg
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Suburbs in Middlemarch
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Middlemarch?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.