Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Nelson South
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 Nelson South itself, 47 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 41 consents we hold in Nelson South, 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 Nelson South’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 Nelson South
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Victory, Rutherford, Grampians. In the year to September 2026: 13 houses, 16 townhouses and units, 18 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 Nelson South
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 41 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Feb 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.
- Alterations and additions8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $47k
- Fires and heating8
typically $6,000
- New homes2
typically $628k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $44k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $250k
- Pools and spas1
typically $93k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $20k
- Multiple homes1
typically $768k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kExtend house to create new bdrm/bathrm. Detached dwgs 66 Waimea Road
- $25kConcrete block retaining wall 154A Waimea Road
41 consents
- Retaining walls$25k
Concrete block retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$150k
Extend house to create new bdrm/bathrm. Detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$18k
Bathrm reconfiguration
- New homes$614k
3-bdrm dwg with internal gge
- Alterations and additions$135k
Internal alterations
- Multiple homes$768k
Two two-storey duplex two-bedroom
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of insert Woodsman
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Ambie one fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install Metro Ultra Wee Rad fire
- Alterations and additions$45k
Bathrm alterations & add kit
- Relocated buildings$20k
Relocate sewer drain
- Garages, sheds and carports$46k
Gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of new shower in laundry room
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro eco extreme rad
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro ultra tiny rad
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of metro eco wee
- Pools and spas$93k
Swimming pool
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$250k
Foundations & drainage for 8
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro eco wee rad leg
- Alterations and additions$500k
Alt & extend dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$42k
Gge
- Alterations and additions$45k
Bathrm alterations
- New homes$643k
Dwg & retaining walls
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install woodsman ecr novo fire
- Alterations and additions$49k
Dwg alterations
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Nelson South?
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.