Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Allanton
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. In the statistical area around Allanton, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 77 consents we hold in Allanton, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Allanton’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Allanton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Allanton sits in (Momona) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 2 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
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 Allanton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 77 from 1 Nov 2013 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 heating13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $480k
- Alterations and additions7
typically $19k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $53k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $73k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $245k
- Farm buildings1
typically $80k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $23k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $175k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $560kNew dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner & 2x water tanks 24 Snowdon Street
- $245kErect gge/workshop shed, install water tank & wc with wash hand basin. Connect to the Allanton wastewater scheme. 6 Snowdon Street
- $100kErect granny flat, extend effluent disposal field 499 Gladstone Road South
- $10kInstall toilet in bathrm & solid fuel burner in dwg 491 East Taieri-Allanton Road
77 consents
- Fires and heating$10k
Install toilet in bathrm & solid fuel burner in dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
Erect granny flat, extend effluent disposal field
- New homes$560k
New dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner & 2x water tanks
- Commercial alterations$245k
Erect gge/workshop shed, install water tank & wc with wash hand basin. Connect to the Allanton wastewater scheme.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$23k
Replace existing septic tank with effluent dispersal field
- New homes$584k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 2-storey 4 bdrm unit with attached gge, demolish or remove existing dwgs (block a - unit 1)
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad base heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install champion ena pellet fire in dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt dwg - remove wall & install beam
- Fires and heating$10k
Installation of a maxen kinmont 450-p fire, flue system, & flashing
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Rbw - alt of existing gge to the living & study room. No change sanitary sewer & stormwater system. (the approval building consent bco10350826 was expired as it was lapsed. Re-apply for
- Farm buildings$80k
Erect implement shed & install water tank
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Proposed new water closet to existing laundry-shower
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alt dwg - remove walls between entry/dining, & dining/kitchen, & install beams
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install Yunca Monte base heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$95k
Demolish rear of gge, & access ramp, extend & alt internal layout of dwg to accommodate a workshop, rumpus room/kitchen, bdrm, & bathrm, construct internal stairs & balustrade, install metro Wee Rad-Leg heater in rumpus room
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Tarras MK2 heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Remove heater & install metro wee rad - base heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install champion tria plus pellet fire in dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Alt dwg - install lintel for cavity slider, refurbish bathrm
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport r5000 heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$19k
Alt dwg - remove wall, alt bathrm, convert shower to wet floor shower
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install pyro classic heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
Extend & alt dwg - extend to form open-plan kitchen, dining & living area, alt internal layout to form three bedrooms & laundry, relocate bathrm & install woodsman heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Allanton?
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.