Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Stepneyville
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 Stepneyville itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 35 consents we hold in Stepneyville, 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 Stepneyville’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 Stepneyville
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Britannia. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Stepneyville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 May 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 heating10
typically $5,750
- Alterations and additions7
typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Multiple homes2
typically $1.4m
- New homes2
typically $675k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $220k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $3,000
- Retaining walls1
typically $100k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $65k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $55kFit out gge into new dwg with new living,kitchen & laundry. new fire walls. 2 Victoria Road
35 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Fit out gge into new dwg with new living,kitchen & laundry. new fire walls.
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Proposed development of 3 dwgs. House 1 & 2 are single multi-unit dwg
- Fires and heating$7,500
Metro ultra wee rad fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Detached 10mx6.5m pole shed gge, using engineers design outbuildings
- Fires and heating$5,500
Remove existing wood-burner & replace with new. Detached dwgs
- Retaining walls$100k
Retaining wall & upslope sw dr
- Fires and heating$8,700
To replace exsiting woodburner with new yunca ruby uleb free detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$55k
Alterations to existing dwg (bathrooms, kitchen, housing - detached
- Fires and heating$6,533
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman kanaku uleb, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac#223218
- Fires and heating$6,952
dbc replacement of the existing fire & flue system with a new fire & a sea zone flue system masport r5000
- New homes$600k
Rbw- new dbl storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 ensuites, single internal gge, kitchen, living, dining, sitting, laundry etc.
- Relocated buildings$65k
Res/farm - relocate a house to site onto driven piles. Construct a new deck
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Res/farm - new sewer connection to the existing lateral
- Alterations and additions$270k
New bdrm add, minor internal alternations & a new detached dwg
- New homes$750k
Res/farm - four bdrm dwg with an attached two car gge (sol)
- Fires and heating$4,000
To install a Bosca Firepoint 360 freestanding wood burner detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of Metro Ultra insert, dry, woodburner, CAC 194337
- Fires and heating$5,435
installation of a solid fuel heater & a sea zone flue system masport r3000
- Alterations and additions$300k
Anchored shotcrete wall
- Fires and heating$4,650
Install Masport ULEB Clutha Ped
- Commercial alterations$220k
Additions of an office, living room & laundry to existing detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
Res/farm - alterations to bathrm & kitchen areas. Living area add
- Garages, sheds and carports$380k
Foundations, carpark & gge
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Supply & installation of the firenzo Bronte, to remove the detached dwg
- Multiple homes$1.5m
Rbw - two dwgs on 850 sqm site. Main unit, two-storey, two-bedrooms, internal gge & extensive deck canopy metal cladding, concrete ground level slab & timber framed construction. One bdrm unit on piled foundation & same construction.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Stepneyville?
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.