Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pareora
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. Below: 558 consents we hold in Pareora, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Timaru 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$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% on the year before
Consents on record in Pareora
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 558 from 26 Mar 1993 to 18 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.
- New homes45
1 in the last 12 months · typically $210k
- Fires and heating30
9 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions19
6 in the last 12 months · typically $9,000
- Multiple homes16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $269k
- Relocated buildings11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- New commercial buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Other new buildings2
typically $150k
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.4mRbw - construction of four dbl-storey detached dwgs, each comprising four to five bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, living, dining, k itchen, single internal gge. Includes stormwater tank & retain 46 The Avenue, Pareora
- $1.4mRbw - demolish existing dwg. New 5 x two storey houses. Master bdrm, ensuite, dressing, wc, kitchen, dining, lounge & deck to upper floor. Single gge, laundry, 2 bedrooms, bathrm to low 79 The Avenue, Pareora
- $1.3m260466 - lot 2 - new three bdrm, two bathrm, attached dbl gge res dwg 26 Queen Street, Pareora
- $420kErect relocatable dwg 102 King Street, Pareora
- $420kErect relocatable dwg 108 King Street, Pareora
558 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Champion Ena Plus Freestanding Pellet Burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Erect 2 bay pole shed
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New beam over removed wall.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Amendment to aba-1997-340517 - revise solid fuel burner
- Relocated buildings$420k
Erect relocatable dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman Dry MKII Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$1.3m
260466 - lot 2 - new three bdrm, two bathrm, attached dbl gge res dwg
- Multiple homes$2.4m
Rbw - construction of four dbl-storey detached dwgs, each comprising four to five bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, living, dining, k itchen, single internal gge. Includes stormwater tank & retain
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Forbury 550 Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - kent cardona
- Relocated buildings$420k
Erect relocatable dwg
- Alterations and additions$1,100
Rbw - updates due to post fire stability requirements. Frr ceiling, soffit & wall systems have been updated on the drawings.
- Alterations and additions$500
Amendment to bco10402784 - rbw - updates due to post fire stability requirements. Frr ceiling, soffit & wall systems have been updated on the drawings.
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Rbw - demolish existing dwg. New 5 x two storey houses. Master bdrm, ensuite, dressing, wc, kitchen, dining, lounge & deck to upper floor. Single gge, laundry, 2 bedrooms, bathrm to low
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New heating appliance
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Decommission septic tank & install pressure sewer chamber connecting to main sewer connection.
- New commercial buildings$15k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Container Building (Butchery)
- Alterations and additions$82k
Rbw - new add to enlarge bdrm & create new en-suite with walk in wardrobe & internal changes to create extra storage in bdrm 3.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen 450P Rural Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Pools and spas$25k
Underpin existing dwg foundations & new pool fence
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 350 Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install a metro wee rad wood burner housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$70k
Additions (Bedrooms)
- Relocated buildings$200k
Erect relocatable dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmount 450 Freestanding Woodburner
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Suburbs in Pareora
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pareora?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.