Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Arrow Junction
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. In the statistical area around Arrow Junction, 25 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 355 consents we hold in Arrow Junction, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Arrow Junction’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes 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 1,729 in 2025.
New homes in Arrow Junction
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Arrow Junction sits in (Outer Wakatipu) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 18 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 — Queenstown-Lakes 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.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Arrow Junction
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 355 from 23 Sep 2014 to 14 Sep 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 homes12
5 in the last 12 months · typically $1.2m
- Alterations and additions12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $155k
- Fires and heating11
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Pools and spas6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $83k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $198k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- Other new buildings2
typically $178k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $240k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $500k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $2.9m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mNew residential dwelling, garage and shed on greenfields site. 106 Eastburn Road
- $1.3mConstruction of a res dwg with detached gge & upper level loft
- $1.2mConstruction of single storey dwelling with attached garage
- $400kAlteration to existing dwelling: bedroom & living room additions, internal alterations, move woodburner, renew waste water disposal system. 1631 Gibbston Highway
- $259kNew dwg & install roaring meg fire place 355 Morven Ferry Road
355 consents
- Pools and spas$4,500
Installation of swimming pool and pool fence
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to 2-storey dwg: replacing old fire with yunca xander insert, metrofires standard insert flue
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alteration to existing Outbuilding: Change of Use - Convert level one to habitable space (see EX1645 for the existing fire rating provisions)
- New homes$240k
Construction 2 storey dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Alteration to 2-storey dwelling: Replace old fire. New Firenzo Kompact Deco. 150MM chimney SFP Flue kit. Existing flashing. Chimmney vented. Masonry cavity and chimmney (all non combustible)
- New homes$1.3m
Construction of a res dwg with detached gge & upper level loft
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to single storey dwg: replace old with a new insert fire (metro smart zero clearancee), eco built-in flue kit, using existing flashing
- New homes$259k
New dwg & install roaring meg fire place
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to single storey dwg: install a new metro tiny rad woody, sfp 100mm free standing flue, dektite
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alteration to existing dwelling: Replace old fire. New Metro Wee Rad. Existing Metro outer liners. New mm stainless steel flue dektite #8 flashing
- Alterations and additions$400k
Alteration to existing dwelling: bedroom & living room additions, internal alterations, move woodburner, renew waste water disposal system.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to existing dwg: replace old fire. New metro mega rad. Metro flue kit. Dektite #8 flashing.
- Commercial alterations$50k
Alteration to existing outbuilding: New plumbing fittings to Existing Shed
- New homes$2m
New residential dwelling, garage and shed on greenfields site.
- New homes$1.2m
Construction of single storey dwelling with attached garage
- Pools and spas$85k
Installation of 1.5 deep 8m diameter circle swimming pool with concrete steps and a steel pool fence
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Construct gge with office, bathrm & carport
- Pools and spas$1.2m
Replace existing swimming pool with a new detached pool house to include; swimming pool, changing rooms, bathrooms, sauna, massage room, plant room.
- Pools and spas$60k
Pool & pool barrier
- Relocated buildings$30k
Foundations and services for relocated dwelling - 412-464 Crown Range Road
- Pools and spas$130k
Install fibreglass swimming pool 10.2mx4.4m with pool fence
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alteration to two storey dwelling - Install Metro wood burner
- Commercial alterations$93k
Swimming pool fencing
- Alterations and additions$400k
Addition to two storey dwelling - additional two storey residential unit attached to existing
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$500k
Alteration to dwelling: Internal alterations, veranda addition and new roof to outdoor room.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Arrow Junction?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m 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.