Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Port Chalmers
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. Below: 129 consents we hold in Port Chalmers, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin City, 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 548 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 — Dunedin City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Port Chalmers
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 129 from 1 Feb 2013 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 heating25
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions14
3 in the last 12 months · typically $29k
- New homes13
3 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Multiple homes2
typically $3.2m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $12k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $58k
- Demolition1
typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mNew dwg with attached gge, install 3x solid fuel burners, 5x water tanks, septic system & erect shed 171 Whareakeake Road, Heyward Point
- $600kDemolish dwg & remove water tank, new dwg with attached gge, install roaring meg mighty meg eco heater, water tank & septic tank with effluent dispersal field 135 Pūrākaunui Road, Mihiwaka
- $150kNew dwg, install septic system & water tanks 27 Boundary Street, Pūrākaunui
- $40kErect gge with attached games room 162 Pūrākaunui Road, Mihiwaka
- $25kRemove walls, install beams to alt layout of dwg 14 Watkins Street, Pūrākaunui
129 consents
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2022-463 - delete rebuild of lean-to area & alterations to roof of dwg, revise laundry & bathrm layout, remove wall between bedrooms 2 & 3, replace bracing
- New homes$150k
New dwg, install septic system & water tanks
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Erect gge with attached games room
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1,000
Install solid fuel burner in sleepout
- New homes$1.5m
New dwg with attached gge, install 3x solid fuel burners, 5x water tanks, septic system & erect shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install firenzo vision ag - logbox heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350-w heater in dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Replace septic tank with effluent dispersal field
- Alterations and additions$300
Amendment to aba-2025-549 - construct timber post connection
- New homes$600k
Demolish dwg & remove water tank, new dwg with attached gge, install roaring meg mighty meg eco heater, water tank & septic tank with effluent dispersal field
- Alterations and additions$25k
Remove walls, install beams to alt layout of dwg
- Alterations and additions$33k
Extend dwg to create sunroom
- Alterations and additions$450k
Rbw - additions & alterations to existing dwg. Demolition or existing building & sheds, new 2 storey add & alt to existing dwg. New gge, workshop, 4 bedrooms, kitchen, dinin
- Alterations and additions$300k
Rbw - interior renovation works. Ground floor includes new lining & floor finishes, new structural openings to masonry walls, new kitchen, new laundry & wc. First floor includes new floor framing
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install woodsman kanaku heater in dwg
- Multiple homes$2.4m
Rbw - proposed new development of 6 new dwgs (& 1xcoal) comprising five x two-storey attached dwgs & one x two-storey standalone dwg. Intertenancy barrier walls, drain bridging
- Alterations and additions$45k
Extend dwg to enlarge lounge & entry
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro wee rad curve heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$19k
Rbw- proposed lining & wall bracing with three new windows to existing gge space.
- Fires and heating$30k
Form bathrm in shed, install metro rad plus heater, hot water cylinder & septic system
- Fires and heating$7,500
Free standing woodsman Brunner mkii solid fuel heater
- New homes$800k
Rbw - new dwg, 2 storeys, 4 bedrooms, 1 ensuite, 1 bathrm, 1 wc & laundry. Timber shiplap, vertical metal cladding, & aluminium joinery. Timber framed walls, sip floor & roof panels, conc
- Relocated buildings$80k
Relocation of existing dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$400k
Alt dwg, install warmington studio stove & warmington si 1100 heaters, erect deck & construct block wall
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install masport Kaituna heater in dwg
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Suburbs in Port Chalmers
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Port Chalmers?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.