Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Pareora
Councils consented $112m of non-residential building work in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, up 78% on the year before. Below: 38 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Pareora
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 38 from 5 May 1993 to 3 Mar 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 commercial buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Demolition1
typically $300k
- Farm buildings1
typically $20k
- Fit-outs1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $15kSiting/Foundations/Services for Container Building (Butchery) , Pareora
38 consents
- New commercial buildings$15k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Container Building (Butchery)
- Farm buildings$20k
Erect Pole Shed
- Fit-outs$5,000
Convert existing commercial building into separate tenancies. Removed two doorways, one requires fire rated linings.
- New commercial buildings$130k
Erect Shed
- New commercial buildings$40k
Erect Shed
- New commercial buildings$720k
New 3 x bdrm dwg with office
- Demolition$300k
Demolish Building
- Farm buildings$55k
Erect Farm Shed (Calf Shed)
- Commercial alterations$15k
Install wwts
- Farm buildings$18k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$200k
Erect Switchroom
- Farm buildings$8,000
Erect Pole Shed
- New commercial buildings$350k
Erect Four Level Building
- Farm buildings$10k
Erect Pole Shed
- Commercial alterations$18k
Install Upgraded Waste Water Treatment System
- Farm buildings$175k
Erect Dairy Shed
- Commercial alterations$30k
Building Alterations (Library/Windows & Verandah)
- New commercial buildings$30k
Erect Packing Building
- Commercial alterations$25k
Convert Garage to Utility Room & Workshop to Garage
- New commercial buildings$60k
Erect Cold Store & Plant Room
- Commercial alterations$176k
Building Alterations (Wall in Cold Store & Link to Corridor)
- Commercial alterations$820k
Building Alterations (Spray Cooler)
- New commercial buildings$20k
Erect Dry Store Canopy & Skin Canopy at Old Pie House
- New commercial buildings$3,000
Install Concrete Bund (Shell)
- Farm buildings$23k
Erect Farm Shed
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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.