Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Owaka
54 new homes were consented in the Clutha District council area in the year to September 2026, down 7% on the year before. They also consented $46.6m of non-residential building work, up 218% on the year before. Below: 85 consents we hold in Owaka, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Clutha District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Clutha 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 91 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Clutha 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$17.8m
3 buildings · 2,725 m² new floor area · $6,437/m² new · +313% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15.1m
4 buildings · 881 m² new floor area · $15,716/m² new · +758% on the year before
- Farm buildings$10.9m
57 buildings · 23,160 m² new floor area · $472/m² new · +322% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.4m
1 building · 1,008 m² new floor area · $1,438/m² new · +326% on the year before
- Offices$955k
0% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$225k
- Education$70k
−96% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$65k
−97% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Owaka
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 85 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 heating26
6 in the last 12 months · typically $6,489
- Alterations and additions15
3 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $83k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $78k
- New homes2
typically $407k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $20k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $80k
- Insulation1
typically $4,700
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kExtension to existing dwg 7 Bell Street, Owaka
- $15kConstruct new foundations to locate 2 identical code of compliant cabins on site with new drainage & holding tank 2490 Papatowai Highway, Papatowai
- $15kRbw - internal bathrm alterations to existing home. Like for like replacement of fixtures. Tiled shower with wpm. 7 Stuart Street, Owaka
- $7,469Remove existing fire & flue. Install new fire & flue (firenzo Bronte ag) 3 Marama Street, Papatowai
- $7,316Remove existing insert fire & flue. Install new stainless steel flue�& fit yunca xander woodburner into cavity 3-5 Keatoa Terrace, Owaka
85 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Install toilet in laundry of dwg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw - internal bathrm alterations to existing home. Like for like replacement of fixtures. Tiled shower with wpm.
- Fires and heating$7,316
Remove existing insert fire & flue. Install new stainless steel flue�& fit yunca xander woodburner into cavity
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of metro mega rad woodfire, eco flue kit, dbl flueshield on ash floor protector
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$5,000
Alt to existing gge sleepout, install fireplace & bathrm to sleepout
- Alterations and additions$150k
Extension to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install sfh - metro xtreme rad f/s woodburner
- Alterations and additions$15k
Construct new foundations to locate 2 identical code of compliant cabins on site with new drainage & holding tank
- Fires and heating$6,551
Remove existing fire & install new metro wee rad woodburner onto existing hearth. Frame up ceiling to suit new flue Centre & install new flue kit with flue shield. Flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install blaze king sirocco sc30p. NZ freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,469
Remove existing fire & flue. Install new fire & flue (firenzo Bronte ag)
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$160k
New 55m2 sleepout
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
3 bay enclosed pole shed with toilet
- Fires and heating$5,036
Install yunca monte woodburner & fix to floor. Frame up ceiling & install new flue kit through roof. Flash flue with tiletite flashing & fit yunca flue guard
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Construct stormwater drainage
- Alterations and additions$50k
Placing a prefabricated, relocatable single bdrm unit with kitchen facilities & bathrm. Unit constructed off site & approved via a multiproof certificate - a10525. Building consent work related to sighting the container, services etc
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$80k
Rbw - removal of existing timber deck. Construction of a new detached timber deck. Renovation of existing bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$90k
Siting for a re-locatable single level res dwg (construction consent - Central Otago District Council) - timber subfloor foundation on driven piles & services
- Fires and heating$8,306
Remove existing fire/wetback & install new woodsman Tasman rural woodburner onto existing hearth. Install new flue kit/flue shield. Flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing. Install new wetback & run new copper revolve pipes to existing cylinder
- Demolition$20k
R1 - alterations to single storey - internal renovations including demolishing internal walls in kitchen & combining bathrm & wc.
- Fires and heating$10k
Install woodsman strongman freestanding multi-fuel burner
- Fires and heating$7,200
Heater
- Fires and heating$15k
Alt dwg - remedial work to sub-floor framing & install woodsman coleridge heater
- New homes$250k
New dwg. Install sfh. Install effluent system. Home owner exemption.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$32k
Renovations on kitchen, laundry & bathrm, reroof & new wall & ceiling linings
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Owaka
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Owaka?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 54 new homes consented in the Clutha District council area, with $34.6m of residential and $46.6m 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.