Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in View Hill
795 new homes were consented in the Waimakariri District council area in the year to September 2026, up 15% on the year before. They also consented $43.2m of non-residential building work, down 37% on the year before. In View Hill itself, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 26 consents we hold in View Hill, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimakariri District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how View Hill’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimakariri 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 1,248 in 2013.
New homes in View Hill
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Ashley Gorge. In the year to September 2026: 8 houses, 0 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 — Waimakariri 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.
- Farm buildings$12m
56 buildings · 16,162 m² new floor area · $488/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.1m
7 buildings · 7,203 m² new floor area · $1,245/m² new · +781% on the year before
- Education$6.3m
2 buildings · 1,273 m² new floor area · $2,907/m² new · −44% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$5.4m
2 buildings · 2,398 m² new floor area · $1,793/m² new · −38% on the year before
- Offices$3.7m
3 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $2,964/m² new · +4575% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.3m
−75% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 560 m² new floor area · $559/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1m
2 buildings · 392 m² new floor area · $885/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$150k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
Consents on record in View Hill
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 26 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jul 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.
- New homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $82k
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $46k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $150k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
- Fires and heating1
typically $3,000
- Relocated buildings1
typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $265kSecondary dwg including log burner & waste water system 834 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 1 dp 563131 2 Browns Road
- $255kCodemark dwg with attached gge & wastewater system 410 harmans gorge Rd View Hill lot 7 dp 568451 410 Harmans Gorge Road
- $135kShed 410 Harmans Gorge Rd View Hill lot 7 dp 568451 410 Harmans Gorge Road
- $120kDwg alterations & additions 43 watsons reserve Rd View Hill lot 7 dp 389795 43 Watsons Reserve Road
- $95kShed 1096 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 6 dp 561388 1096 Woodstock Road
26 consents
- New homes$255k
Codemark dwg with attached gge & wastewater system 410 harmans gorge Rd View Hill lot 7 dp 568451
- Garages, sheds and carports$135k
Shed 410 Harmans Gorge Rd View Hill lot 7 dp 568451
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Gge 120 mounseys Rd View Hill lot 1 dp 16305
- Garages, sheds and carports$95k
Shed 1096 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 6 dp 561388
- Alterations and additions$120k
Dwg alterations & additions 43 watsons reserve Rd View Hill lot 7 dp 389795
- New homes$265k
Secondary dwg including log burner & waste water system 834 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 1 dp 563131
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alterations to existing dwg 1048 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 2 dp 561388
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$150k
Repairs to existing dwg 284 watsons reserve Rd View Hill lot 1 dp 379880
- Commercial alterations$45k
Shed 50m2 945 depot Rd Oxford lot 2
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
New onsite effluent treatment field for existing tank
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport leb freestanding logburner 819 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 4 dp 514042
- Relocated buildings$75k
Relocated dwg including logburner & wastewater system 198 sladdens farm Rd Coopers Creek lot 2 dp 73669
- Commercial alterations$47k
Enable alterations to bathrm 175 Depot Rd Oxford Lot 2 DP 389795
- New homes$500k
Dwg with attached gge & waste water system 1128 Depot Rd Oxford Lot 2 DP 572786
- Garages, sheds and carports$69k
Gge with veranda 1048 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 2 dp 561388
- New homes$450k
Secondary dwg including logburner & attached gge & waste water system 60 depot Rd Oxford lot 6dp 389794
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Firenzo Napier rural freestanding logburner 1093 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 1 dp 361410
- New homes$300k
Dwg including logburner & waste water system 1052 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 3 dp 561388
- Alterations and additions$53k
Dwg alterations & additions 26.42m2 889 depot Rd Oxford lot 3 dp 399767
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Jayline fisher hanmer leb freestanding logburner clean air 136309 189 sladdens farm Rd Coopers Creek lot 1 dp 383093
- Fires and heating$3,000
Woodsman Tarras mk111 freestanding logburner clean air 143492 1390 Woodstock Rd Oxford rs 18659
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Rayburn 355 f/s wetback cooker & diesel boiler connected to 5 radiators 1390 Woodstock Rd Oxford rs18659
- Fires and heating$3,000
Metro xtreme rad freestanding leb log burner clean air 132245 420 island Rd View Hill rs 6487
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Hounsfield diesel condensing boiler hta12 freestanding heating unit 892 Woodstock Rd Oxford lot 2 dp 378386
- New homes$35k
Dwg 21.6m 889 depot Rd Oxford lot 3 dp 399767
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in View Hill?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 795 new homes consented in the Waimakariri District council area, with $354m of residential and $43.2m 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.