Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in The Wood
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 Wood itself, 34 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 36 consents we hold in The Wood, 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 The Wood’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 The Wood
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: The Wood. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 7 townhouses and units, 27 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 The Wood
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 36 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,550
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- New homes3
typically $500k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $39k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $58k
- Multiple homes1
typically $950k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $39kPartial re-cladding 2 Hathaway Terrace
- $20kAlt ground floor to relocate kitchen & create bathrm in dwg 9 Dundas Street
- $7,000Woodsman serene petite fire 8 Napoli Way
36 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Woodsman serene petite fire
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$39k
Partial re-cladding
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alt ground floor to relocate kitchen & create bathrm in dwg
- New homes$500k
2-bdrm dwg with attach
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Amendment 2 - revised sw+ ww drainage design including new 150mm dia network connection - increase civil design scope to include proposed future development at 40 main north Rd
- Fires and heating$5,500
Amendment: new fireplace to go into living room
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alt to existing bathroo
- New homes$227k
Construction of dwg with attached gge - PU76
- Multiple homes$950k
Construction of 4 attached dwgs in 2 blocks
- New homes$680k
Three bdrm home with ensuite & walk in wrobe to mater bed.
- Alterations and additions$18k
Bathrm alterations & ensuite
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install woodsman petite freest
- Fires and heating$6,600
Install masport Rangitata uleb
- Fires and heating$7,200
Install woodsman serene drawer
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman serene petite
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro eco wee rad leg
- Alterations and additions$19k
Internal alterations
- Alterations and additions$45k
Dwg alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$58k
Gge
- Fires and heating$5,099
Alt to dwg - installation of a masport Waimakariri ash (uleb) dry freestanding woodburner - cac203573
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm alt
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Totara inbuil
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman petite uleb f
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman serene petite
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install masport Rakaia fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in The Wood?
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.