Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Milton
54 new homes were consented in the Clutha District council area in the year to September 2026, down 7% on the year before. They also consented $46.6m of non-residential building work, up 218% on the year before. Below: 323 consents we hold in Milton, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Clutha District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Clutha 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 91 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Clutha 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$17.8m
3 buildings · 2,725 m² new floor area · $6,437/m² new · +313% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15.1m
4 buildings · 881 m² new floor area · $15,716/m² new · +758% on the year before
- Farm buildings$10.9m
57 buildings · 23,160 m² new floor area · $472/m² new · +322% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.4m
1 building · 1,008 m² new floor area · $1,438/m² new · +326% on the year before
- Offices$955k
0% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$225k
- Education$70k
−96% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$65k
−97% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Milton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 323 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 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.
- Fires and heating89
19 in the last 12 months · typically $6,224
- Alterations and additions39
8 in the last 12 months · typically $16k
- New homes35
4 in the last 12 months · typically $402k
- Garages, sheds and carports24
2 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Multiple homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- Relocated buildings4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $73k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Pools and spas3
typically $40k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $94k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.5mErect 10x unit apartment building 19 Constitution Avenue, Milton
- $900kRbw - proposed rear of site - construction of a new two storey house with internal dbl gge, 4 br, 2.5 bath. Site rw. New driveway utilising existing vehicle crossing. 20 Stewart Road, Milton
- $650kConstruction of a two-bdrm res building comprising three individual units 20 Chaucer Street, Milton
- $500kConstruct 3 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. Block foundation, 3604 concrete slab, timber framed wall & roof construction. Brick veneer cladding to walls with feature linea weatherboard. Profile metal roof cladding 18 Meadowbank Drive, Milton
- $433kRbw - a two-storey building has three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a study, kitchen, dining, living & single gge. Drain bridging, new timber & keystone retaining wall. 8 Highgate, Milton
323 consents
- Fires and heating$6,558
Remove existing fire & flue. Install new fire & flue (woodsman kanaku ped)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Erect 10x unit apartment building
- Garages, sheds and carports$44k
Pole shed
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,000
To install freestanding warmington studio oven solid fuel heater to dwg
- Fires and heating$14k
Install rika filo 8kw freestanding pellet fire into dwg - no wetback
- Alterations and additions$13k
Remove existing diesel fire, install new toyotomi 9.5kw laser ff-95 diesel heater in living room & install flue through wall (connecting to existing 500 litre diesel tank, pipework & copper fuel line
- Fires and heating$6,000
New installation of a yunca ruby uleb fire f/s & flue system
- New homes$433k
Rbw - a two-storey building has three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a study, kitchen, dining, living & single gge. Drain bridging, new timber & keystone retaining wall.
- Relocated buildings$85k
Construct new foundations & services for a relocated dwg, reclad dwg in soarmour system
- Alterations and additions$200k
Extend existing dwg incorporating new kitchen, living, dining & pantry. Alt internal layout. Install yunca monte wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,600
Installation of woodsman coleridge pedastal freestanding woodburner, no wetback, hearth tiled ash installed in alcove, using villaboard heat shielding 9mm, with std woodsman flue system with dropbox
- Fires and heating$7,000
To install metro mega rad base ltd woodfire to dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,117
Remove existing fire/wetback & install new maxen kinmont 450 woodburner. Install new flue kit & flash flue with dektite/soaker flashing. Fit new wetback & connect to existing revolve pipes to cylinder - refill cylinder & test - fit flue shield
- Fires and heating$7,173
Install maxen kinmont 450 woodburner & fix to floor. Frame up ceiling & install flue kit through roof. Flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing. Fit flue shield
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of maxen kinmont 450p wood burner installation of a freestanding
- Fires and heating$6,700
Woodburner, woodsman kanaku woodbox on corner metal hearth no wetback
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of bosca firepoint 360 freestanding woodburner, tiled hearth on concrete floor, corner installation dektite tile flashing with no wetback
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$65k
Alt internal layout of laundry, bathrm & separate toilet in dwg, remove hot water cylinder
- Alterations and additions$65k
Foundation & service only
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Remove first floor deck & reinstate roof
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install new yunca monte euro burner
- Alterations and additions$50k
Construct a 70m importance level 1 unlined outbuilding with the stormwater going to existing water tank
- Fires and heating$7,635
Install woodsman serene woodbox freestanding woodburner, with metal hearth, parallel installation - no wetback
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$180k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new standalone 1-bdrm studio with kitchen, living, ensuite bathrm & storeroom
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Suburbs in Milton
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Milton?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 54 new homes consented in the Clutha District council area, with $34.6m of residential and $46.6m 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.