Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glenduan
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 Glenduan, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 14 consents we hold in Glenduan, 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 Glenduan’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 Glenduan
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Glenduan sits in (Nelson Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Glenduan
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 14 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jun 2025. 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.
- Multiple homes4
typically $500k
- Fires and heating2
typically $7,550
- Retaining walls2
typically $25k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $20k
- New homes1
typically $400k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
14 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Woodsman serene wood box uleb
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations to upper floor & install bew ensuite detached dwgs
- Retaining walls$5,000
Retaining wall
- Retaining walls$45k
Retaining wall
- Multiple homes$500k
Rbw - multi-unit housing - new two storey 3 bdrm townhouses with multiple claddings (block f - lots 8-9)
- Multiple homes$500k
Rbw - multi-unit housing - new two storey 3 bdrm townhouses with multiple claddings (block g - lots 10-11)
- Multiple homes$500k
Rbw - multi-unit housing - new two storey 2 bdrm townhouses with multiple claddings (block e - lots 14-17)
- Multiple homes$500k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - new two-storey block containing 4x 2 & 3 bdrm townhouses (block a - lots 1- 4)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$90k
Eq: alterations to dwg, foundation relevel, full reclad of exterior. Rebuild gge on same footprint.
- Fires and heating$8,100
To install a yunca monte multifuel free standing wood detached dwg.
- New homes$400k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$9,500
Bathrm alt
- Fires and heating$6,700
Install masport r5000 fire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$15k
Add to existing gge & conversion of gge to sleepout
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Near Glenduan
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glenduan?
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.