Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Annesbrook
279 new homes were consented in the Nelson City council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $52.9m of non-residential building work, down 42% on the year before. In the statistical area around Annesbrook, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 14 consents we hold in Annesbrook, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Nelson City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Annesbrook’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Nelson 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 458 in 1993.
New homes in Annesbrook
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Annesbrook sits in (Nelson Airport) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — Nelson 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$18.7m
3 buildings · 1,015 m² new floor area · $14,039/m² new · +561% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,580 m² new floor area · $2,106/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
2 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,747/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$4.9m
−87% on the year before
- Offices$4.9m
−40% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$4m
2 buildings · 65 m² new floor area · $49,385/m² new · +119% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 227 m² new floor area · $6,608/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.4m
−11% on the year before
- Farm buildings$44k
1 building · 360 m² new floor area · $122/m² new · −85% on the year before
Consents on record in Annesbrook
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 14 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,100
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $339k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $23k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $141k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $485kDwg with attached gge 5 merrin St Kaiapoi lot 359 dp 623830 5 Merrin Way
- $6,000Install solid fuel burner in dwg 12 Cohen Place
14 consents
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- New homes$485k
Dwg with attached gge 5 merrin St Kaiapoi lot 359 dp 623830
- Fires and heating$5,000
Woodsman kanaku pedestal fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Woodsman serene petite fire
- New homes$192k
1-bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad ultra ul
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$141k
Gge with sleepout & ensui
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install Rangitata uleb insert
- Fires and heating$5,100
Install woodsman ecr novo fire
- Alterations and additions$40k
Bathrm alterations
- Alterations and additions$16k
Dwg alt
- Fires and heating$5,600
Install masport Rangitata uleb
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install metro eco smart insert
- Alterations and additions$7,400
Install pyroclassic iv fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Annesbrook?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 279 new homes consented in the Nelson City council area, with $139m of residential and $52.9m 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.