Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Palmerston
82 new homes were consented in the Waitaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $28.4m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. Below: 147 consents we hold in Palmerston, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitaki District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitaki 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 154 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waitaki 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$7.2m
37 buildings · 15,274 m² new floor area · $469/m² new · +206% on the year before
- Offices$6.4m
1 building · 710 m² new floor area · $7,042/m² new · +526% on the year before
- Education$5.7m
1 building · 919 m² new floor area · $4,135/m² new · +200% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.6m
1 building · 800 m² new floor area · $4,370/m² new · +3541% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
6 buildings · 1,588 m² new floor area · $1,052/m² new · +85% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
2 buildings · 500 m² new floor area · $3,640/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.1m
1 building · 78 m² new floor area · $1,026/m² new · −7% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$335k
−25% on the year before
Consents on record in Palmerston
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 147 from 1 Aug 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.
- Fires and heating47
9 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes19
typically $390k
- Alterations and additions18
6 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- Garages, sheds and carports11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $43k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $50k
- Multiple homes2
typically $773k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $23k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $395kRbw - pbc e2e: alterations to the existing single storey dwg & detached gge. Main dwg to include new roofing, external entry, outdoor awning, kitchen & bathrm renovations. Detached 48 Craig Street, Palmerston
- $180kAdd of 1 bdrm, 1 office, 1 bathrm to existing dwg, convert existing bathrm to ensuite & laundry 30 Shag Point Road, Shag Point
- $75kExtend dwg for bedrooms & ensuite, alt bathrm 111 District Road, Palmerston
- $70kRemoval of internal load bearing walls 3 McKenzie Street, Palmerston
- $50kNew carport 65 Gilligan Street, Palmerston
147 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Construction of a il2 versatile 600 series gge amendment 1: mdf v gib - sheet lining installed as a bracing system in accordance with branz appraisal 779 goldenedge mdf panelbrace wall bracing systems. The system provides bracing resistance
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install refurbished pellet fire in dwg
- Fires and heating$4,155
Installation of a free-standing yunca monte euro woodburner & flue kit with dektite acrylead tile flashing
- Alterations and additions$395k
Rbw - pbc e2e: alterations to the existing single storey dwg & detached gge. Main dwg to include new roofing, external entry, outdoor awning, kitchen & bathrm renovations. Detached
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Remove wall, install beam to enlarge living room in dwg
- Fires and heating$9,000
Installation of a yunca oscar woodburner & flue
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing woodsman flare woodburner & heat saver flue kit with dektite soaker flashings
- Alterations and additions$1
Replacement building consent for 97/226 only - also refer to 24009188 amendment 1: amendment for removal of verandah & carport. Exterior cladding changed to plywood on cavity amendment 1: amendment for removal of verandah & carport. Exterior clad
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of a 2 bdrm, 1 bathrm dwg with wagner sparky multi fuel fire & austin bluewater septic treatment system. Owner/builder status amendment 1: to change the stormwater gutter from upvc to colorsteel. To change the bath to a tiled
- Alterations and additions$75k
Extend dwg for bedrooms & ensuite, alt bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construction of a gge
- Commercial alterations$180k
Add of 1 bdrm, 1 office, 1 bathrm to existing dwg, convert existing bathrm to ensuite & laundry
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a maxen kinmont 450 woodburner & maxen flue kit
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New carport
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing firenzo viking rural woodburner with 2-storey flue kit & dektite flashings. 2 storey installation. Ceiling height 2.4m smoke alarms interconnected section 2.2 nzs4514:2021
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a woodsman flare with wetback, heatsaver flue system & acrylead tile flashings. Wetback connect to existing. Ceiling height 2.4m smoke alarms interconnected section 2.2 nzs4514:2021
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro xtreme rad woody with metro standard flue system
- Alterations and additions$70k
Removal of internal load bearing walls
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s metro ultra wee rad sfh
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Internal alterations. Small lean to verandah
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Remove internal load bearing wall & install beam
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of solid fuel heater - woodsman kanaku pedestal
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Construction of a il2 Versatile 600 series gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of a metro wee curve woodburner with eco flue kit
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Construction of a gge
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Palmerston
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Palmerston?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 82 new homes consented in the Waitaki District council area, with $52.4m of residential and $28.4m 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.