Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Bishopdale
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 Bishopdale, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 25 consents we hold in Bishopdale, 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 Bishopdale’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 Bishopdale
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Bishopdale sits in (Grampians) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 13 houses, 0 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 Bishopdale
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 25 from 1 Sep 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.
- New homes13
3 in the last 12 months · typically $700k
- Fires and heating2
typically $7,000
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $610k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $350k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $795k3-bdrm dwg with attach 6 Clarence Drive
- $792k3-bdrm dwg 46 Vista Drive
- $741k3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 47 Vista Drive
- $610kConstruct 3 bdrm plus office 44 Vista Drive
25 consents
- New homes$792k
3-bdrm dwg
- New homes$795k
3-bdrm dwg with attach
- New commercial buildings$610k
Construct 3 bdrm plus office
- New homes$741k
3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$700k
4-bdrm dwg
- New homes$700k
3-bdrm dwg with attach
- New homes$565k
3-bdrm dwg with gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman Totara insert
- New homes$478k
3-bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$1m
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$927k
4-bdrm dwg with internal gge
- New homes$500k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$350k
Internal & external alterations
- New homes$444k
Dwg
- New homes$600k
Dwg & retaining walls
- New homes$500k
Dwg & retaining walls
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman serene fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Totara inbuil
- New homes$737k
Dwg & retaining walls
- New homes$450k
Dwg & retaining wall
- New homes$430k
Dwg
- New homes$450k
Dwg
- New homes$1m
Dwg & retaining walls
- New homes$550k
Dwg & retaining walls
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Totara fire
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Near Bishopdale
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Bishopdale?
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.