Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pleasant Point
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: 2,073 consents we hold in Pleasant Point, 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 Pleasant Point
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2,073 from 15 Mar 1993 to 28 Oct 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 heating80
14 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes46
11 in the last 12 months · typically $550k
- Alterations and additions42
5 in the last 12 months · typically $26k
- Garages, sheds and carports29
6 in the last 12 months · typically $54k
- New commercial buildings15
2 in the last 12 months · typically $63k
- Relocated buildings14
4 in the last 12 months · typically $76k
- Other new buildings11
6 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Commercial alterations10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Farm buildings6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1mErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Wastewater Treatment , Sutherlands
- $840kErect Dwelling & Install Woodsman Brunner MkII Freestanding Woodburner 41 Kumara Terrace, Pleasant Point
- $830kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Xtreme Rad Woody , Pleasant Point
- $770kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Brunner MKII , Hazelburn
- $700kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Erect Dwelling with Attached 14 Sutherlands Road, Sutherlands
2,073 consents
- New homes$650k
Erect Dwelling
- New homes$830k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Xtreme Rad Woody
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$101k
Erect Shed
- New homes$700k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Erect Dwelling with Attached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Wanaka Freestanding Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$200k
Sitings/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling & Erect Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Erect Shed
- Other new buildings
AMEND Reduce Footprint & Add Mud Room
- Garages, sheds and carports$280k
Erect Garage/Workshop with Bathroom
- Relocated buildings$40k
Sitings/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling
- New commercial buildings$250k
Erect Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$34k
Remove Carport & Erect Garage
- New homes$350k
Erect Dwelling & Install Metro Tiny Rad Base Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND Adobe Brick to Cob
- New homes$840k
Erect Dwelling & Install Woodsman Brunner MkII Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$25k
Alterations & Install Woodsman Tarras Dry MKIII Freestanding
- Fires and heating$300k
Addition & Alteration & Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Alterations (Bathroom) & Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$40k
Alterations & Install Kent Haast Freestanding Woodburner
- Farm buildings$40k
Erect Pole Shed
- Fires and heating$70k
Alterations & Install Woodsman Strongman Freestanding
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Forbury 550 Inbuilt Woodburner
- New homes$140k
Erect Dwelling and Install Woodsman Brunner MKII Wetback Freestanding
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Suburbs in Pleasant Point
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pleasant Point?
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.