Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Washington Valley
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 Washington Valley itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 12 consents we hold in Washington Valley, 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 Washington Valley’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 Washington Valley
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Washington. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 1 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 Washington Valley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Oct 2025. 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 additions4
typically $21k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $35k
- Fires and heating1
typically $7,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $238k
- Retaining walls1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
12 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$35k
New deck & sliding door
- Fires and heating$7,000
Milan harmony insert fire
- Alterations and additions$450k
Rbw - additions to existing house including bdrm & ensuite bathrm. New louvre roof, retaining walls & exterior landscaping.
- Alterations and additions$22k
Replace walls with beam & install wet floor shower
- Retaining walls$50k
Retaining wall
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bathrm alt
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$238k
Fraemohs sleepout
- Alterations and additions$18k
Bathrm alt
- Alterations and additions$50k
Reinstate fire damaged kitchen
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad fire
- Alterations and additions$3,500
Install magnum p100 fire
- Alterations and additions$6,800
Install ravelli rosa r70 pelle
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Near Washington Valley
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Washington Valley?
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.