Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mount Somers
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: 26 consents we hold in Mount Somers, 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 Mount Somers
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 26 from 9 Feb 2010 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.
- Fires and heating8
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- New homes8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $433k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $44k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $96k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $30k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500kSingle level dwg with sfh 1001 Tramway Road, Mount Somers
- $400kSingle storey 1 bdrm domestic dwg , Mount Somers
- $250kSingle level dwg & sfh 3561 Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, Mount Somers
- $75kInternal alterations, add new verandah & new back porch area 417 Springburn Bushside Road, Staveley
- $32kPole shed 8 Ashburton Gorge Road, Mount Somers
26 consents
- New homes$500k
Single level dwg with sfh
- Fires and heating$5,500
F/s maxen kinmont 350-w rural sfh
- New homes$400k
Single storey 1 bdrm domestic dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$75k
Internal alterations, add new verandah & new back porch area
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
Pole shed
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s masport r1200 sfh
- Fires and heating$4,000
F/s woodsman Brunner mark two sfh
- Fires and heating$8,000
F/s metro xtreme rad leg sfh
- New homes$250k
Single level dwg & sfh
- Alterations and additions$96k
Alt & add to dwg - add of living/kitchen & logburner
- New homes$405k
New 3 bdrm dwg. Council ww
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Add to dwg - bdrm & ensuite plus gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Gge
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s in alcove masport r1500 sfh
- New homes$570k
Single level dwg with sfh
- Fires and heating$7,000
F/s woodsman strongman sfh
- New homes$350k
Single level dwg
- New homes$460k
Single level dwg with sfh & attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Pole shed
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install an inbuilt Woodsman Tarras MKIII
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Re-clad of existing dwg
- New homes$550k
Single level dwg with sfh
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mk11 solid fuel heater
- Demolition$250k
Relocate & upgrade dwg. Existing dwg to be demolished
- New homes$393k
Single level dwg
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Mount Somers
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mount Somers?
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.