Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Long Beach
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. In the statistical area around Long Beach, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 23 consents we hold in Long Beach, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Long Beach’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Long Beach
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Long Beach sits in (Mount Cargill) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 13 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
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 Long Beach
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 23 from 1 Sep 2017 to 1 Jun 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 heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions3
typically $10k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1,000
- Multiple homes1
typically $4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $20kReplace septic tank with effluent dispersal field 11 Driver Street
- $5,000Install maxen kinmont 350-w heater in dwg 47 Driver Street
- $1,000Install solid fuel burner in sleepout 65 Driver Street
23 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1,000
Install solid fuel burner in sleepout
- 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$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
- Fires and heating$7,500
Free standing woodsman Brunner mkii solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$16k
Install septic tank with effluent dispersal field
- Alterations and additions$4,999
DBC RBW amendment to BCO10334530 proposed fire egress door.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Change of use for an ancillary building constructed under exemption to habitable detached res dwgs.
- Multiple homes$4m
Rbw - proposed 6x3 storey multi-unit on front of site & 4x3 storey townhouses to the rear of the site. Units contain 1 or 2 bedrooms & townhouses contain 3 or four bedrooms. One detention tank for each townhouse. Retaining walls.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro xtreme rad heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install pyroclassic mini freestanding heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,400
Remove heater & install masport f3000 heater in dwg
- New homes$600k
Erect Dwelling with Septic System, Attached Garage, Yunca 1000-746C Monte Heater and Escea EK 1250 Outdoor Heater
- New homes
Erect Dwelling with Septic System, Attached Garage, Yunca 1000-746C Monte Heater and Escea EK 1250 Outdoor Heater
- New homes$90k
Erect Two Storey Dwelling, Install Freestanding Bosca Limit 380, Construct Retaining Walls, Water Tanks, Septic Tank, Erect Carport with Storeroom, Laundry, Shower Room, Separate Toilet and Install Freestanding Bosca Limit 380 Heater in Storeroom
- New homes$189k
Erect Dwelling with Attic Loft
- New homes
Erect Dwelling with Attic Loft
- New homes$229k
Erect Dwelling, Install Freestanding Metro Wee Rad Heater, Septic Tank, Water Tank
- New homes$334k
Erect Dwelling, Connect to existing Septic Tank System
- New homes
Erect Dwelling, Connect to existing Septic Tank System
- New homes$285k
Erect Dwelling, Install Metro Wee Rad Heater, Install Rainwater and Septic Tanks
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$225k
Erect Dwelling with Detached Sleepout and Toilet, Install Septic Tank and Rainwater Tank and Pyroclassic IV Heater
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
Erect Dwelling with Detached Sleepout and Toilet, Install Septic Tank and Rainwater Tank and Pyroclassic IV Heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Long Beach?
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.