Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Toi Toi
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 Toi Toi itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 33 consents we hold in Toi Toi, 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 Toi Toi’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 Toi Toi
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Toi Toi. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 4 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 Toi Toi
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 33 from 1 Jul 2019 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.
- Alterations and additions9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $9,000
- Fires and heating6
typically $5,000
- New homes4
typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $43k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $540kAlt to an existing dwg including rebuilding the detached dwgs 2 Tui Way
- $35kConstruct a 6m x 6m x 2.4m totalspan gge 37 Toi Toi Street
- $25kWet area vinyl shower 19A Murphy Street
33 consents
- Alterations and additions$540k
Alt to an existing dwg including rebuilding the detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wet area vinyl shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Construct a 6m x 6m x 2.4m totalspan gge
- New homes$450k
3-bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Masport Kaituna fire
- Alterations and additions$4,140
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - construct an access hatch through the perimeter foundation wall of dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Foundations, deck, handrail, balust
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Install pyro classic fire
- New homes$550k
4 bdrm dwg & retaining
- Alterations and additions$9,000
To replace existing inbuilt fire with new firenzo forte bay detached dwgs
- New homes$590k
Construction of a 4 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with woodsman
- New homes$400k
3-bdrm dwg with internal gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$65k
Rebuild existing upper level deck
- Fires and heating$6,500
To install a Metro Tiny Ped free standing woodburner ancillary
- Alterations and additions$37k
Bathrm alterations
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Amendment to remove 137 Toi Toi
- Fires and heating$3,000
Woodsman Serene ULEB freestanding logburner Clean Air 194586 3 Tui St Oxford lot 12 DP 18585
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Gge with craft room & bathrm
- Alterations and additions$25k
Install internal wall & kitchen
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro eco wee rad wood
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro eco wee rad leg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install firenzo lady kitchener
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Totara inbuilt
- Garages, sheds and carports$41k
Demolish sheds & build gge
- Multiple homes$1.6m
6 dwgs & retaining walls
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Toi Toi?
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.