Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Osborne
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 Osborne, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 13 consents we hold in Osborne, 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 Osborne’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 Osborne
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Osborne 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 Osborne
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 13 from 1 Nov 2014 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 heating3
typically $5,000
- New homes3
typically $654k
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Demolition1
typically $120k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $75k
- Multiple homes1
typically $2.4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1Amendment 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 15 Rowland Street
13 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
- 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$200k
Rbw- first floor: to re-move internal walls & add internal walls to create a bigger kitchen & guest bdrm with ensuite. Basement area: to add internal walls for ensuite for bdrm 1 & 3 extra
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - units 1 & 2 two-storey terraced building with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, wc, dining & kitchen. Units 3 - 8 two-storey terraced building with two bedrooms, study, one bathrm, wc, dining
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Gge/shed - no services construction of a new gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro tiny rad woody heater in dwg
- New homes$180k
New dwg (yurt) & ablution block, install nectre baker's oven heater, septic system & effluent field, & 3x water tanks
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro xtreme rad legs heater with wetback in dwg
- New homes$654k
Erect Two Storey Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Woodsman Stag Heater with Wetback, Install Septic System and 3 x Water Tanks, Erect Shed
- Demolition$120k
Extend dwg - demolish & replace existing lean-to to enlarge bedrooms, relocate bathrm, remove hwc & install gas hot water system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$35k
Install septic treatment system, add toilet & shower to bathrm, install metro wee rad heater in dwg
- New homes$300k
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Osborne?
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.