Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tāhunanui
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 Tāhunanui itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 28 consents we hold in Tāhunanui, 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 Tāhunanui’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 Tāhunanui
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Tāhunanui. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Tāhunanui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 28 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Sep 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 $14k
- Fires and heating4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- New homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $825k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.1m
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $45k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.6mRbw- three x two-storey detached dwgs: lot1,2,3 with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a living, a dining, a kitchen, a family & dbl gge; private drainage; detention tank. 1 Holly Way
- $750kRbw - new two-storey dwg, including 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, & dbl gge. New 1.5m timber retaining walls to the northern & eastern boundaries. New private drainage & detenti 6 Penton Way
- $20kSiteworks, foundations, drainage & associated connections for a transportable dwg (siting) 42 Roto Street
- $10kPbc e2e: rbw - replace existing bi-fold doors & windows 4 Holly Way
- $8,000Install a masport auburn 8 insert wood fire into existing timber chimney 10 Orakei Street
28 consents
- Multiple homes$2.6m
Rbw- three x two-storey detached dwgs: lot1,2,3 with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a living, a dining, a kitchen, a family & dbl gge; private drainage; detention tank.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Housing (detached dwg) - install a fsf pyro classic woodburner & flue
- Alterations and additions$10k
Pbc e2e: rbw - replace existing bi-fold doors & windows
- New homes$750k
Rbw - new two-storey dwg, including 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, & dbl gge. New 1.5m timber retaining walls to the northern & eastern boundaries. New private drainage & detenti
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install a masport auburn 8 insert wood fire into existing timber chimney
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Siteworks, foundations, drainage & associated connections for a transportable dwg (siting)
- New homes$900k
Construction of detached dwg - 2 storey with 4 bedrooms
- Alterations and additions$20k
Owner builder- rbw-new bdrm, bathrm & laundry to existing downstairs basement, new windows to exterior walls.
- Alterations and additions$45k
Internal alterations & add
- New homes$1.5m
Rbw new two storey 5 bdrm dwg with 2 bathrooms, 2 ensuites & 2 separate wc, private drainage.
- New homes$580k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct new 2 level timber framed dwg on ribraft slab
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new velux skylight fitted into existing roof structure
- Alterations and additions$300k
Rbw - renovation of existing main dwg & minor dwg. Replacing all roofing, cladding & joinery. Extension of minor dwg area on lower floor.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Rbw -demolish existing load bearing wall, new floor beam to support floor, new foundation pad. New wall bracing.
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Steel shed for use as gge
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install ravelli rosa pellet fi
- Alterations and additions$18k
Bathrm alt
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Install stormwater drain
- Multiple homes$1.7m
5 dwg units
- Alterations and additions$30k
Dwg alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$31k
Gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport fr3000 fire
- New homes$250k
Two bdrm gable roof mezzanine home with bathrm & gge with carport + fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tāhunanui?
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.