Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ormondville
33 new homes were consented in the Tararua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $17.9m of non-residential building work, up 222% on the year before. Below: 11 consents we hold in Ormondville, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tararua District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tararua District, 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 71 in 1991.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tararua District, 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.5m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $8,120/m² new · +694% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
23 buildings · 4,758 m² new floor area · $511/m² new · +256% on the year before
- Education$2.3m
+7% on the year before
- Offices$1.4m
1 building · 165 m² new floor area · $2,727/m² new
- Factories and industrial$1.3m
+205% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$349k
1 building · 93 m² new floor area · $1,720/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$25k
Consents on record in Ormondville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 Jan 2021 to 1 Oct 2023. 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 heating3
typically $6,100
- Alterations and additions1
typically $100k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $50k
- New homes1
typically $406k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $30k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
11 consents
- New homes$406k
Construction of a dwg with attached gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$50k
new private drainage, to separate current combined private stormwater & wastewater connections for multi-unit dwg, stormwater & wastewater to be separated within site, allowing for full network separation in the future when available,new aq
- Fires and heating$6,500
Metro wee rad freestanding fire
- Relocated buildings$30k
Siting, foundations & services for relocated dwg
- Alterations and additions$100k
Dwg alterations
- Fires and heating$5,500
Masport MacKenzie r10000 freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$6,100
Free standing fire
- Fires and heating$5,500
Free standing fire
- Fires and heating$6,100
Free standing fire
- Fires and heating$5,500
Free standing fire
- New homes$425k
Dwg (new)
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Ormondville
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ormondville?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 33 new homes consented in the Tararua District council area, with $24.1m of residential and $17.9m 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.