Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fernhill
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 Fernhill, 16 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,083 consents we hold in Fernhill, 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 Fernhill’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 Fernhill
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Fernhill sits in (Sunshine Bay-Fernhill) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 12 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 Fernhill
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,083 from 19 Mar 2013 to 17 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.
- Fires and heating33
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions28
7 in the last 12 months · typically $73k
- New homes13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Commercial alterations8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $68k
- New commercial buildings7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $2.5m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $141k
- Multiple homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
- Retaining walls2
typically $138k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5mStage 2 of 2 - the construction of a 3 storey dwg with attached unit 130 Wynyard Crescent
- $1.4mConstruction of 2 x dwgs & a detached carport 67 Dart Place
- $1.3mNew dwg & attached unit across two levels 9 Crystal Lane
- $650kAlterations to bathrm & installation of window in rumpus room 44 Wynyard Crescent
- $500kConstruct new detached dwg 193 Fernhill Road
1,083 consents
- Commercial alterations$300k
Addition to existing dwelling to create residential unit on the ground floor and bedrooms on upper floor serving existing dwelling.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace old wood burner for a new pyroclassic iv fireplace & a new 15-mm stainless steel flue
- Alterations and additions$45k
Bathrm, laundry, kitchen & ensuite alterations
- New commercial buildings$1.3m
New dwg & attached unit across two levels
- Alterations and additions$45k
New bathrm fixtures to ex. bathrm, new tile shower. New ensuite, tiled shower. Replace existing wood fireplace with new
- Alterations and additions$650k
Alterations to bathrm & installation of window in rumpus room
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt to 2-storey multi-unit dwg: removing exisiting inbuilt fire & replace with a new inbuilt masport Rangitata, same concrete cavity, metrofires standard inser flue. Plate flashing
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Construction of 2 x dwgs & a detached carport
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Convert basement gge into two bedrooms with two ensuites
- Fires and heating$2,500
Alteration to existing dwelling: Installation of new Masport Akaroa MKII, masprot 150mm free stand wood fire flue kit with Cowl.Masons roof boot flashing
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$185k
Construction of single storey sleepout. Including Amendment 0.1: roof changed to monopitch with rafters by engineer, Stormwater drianage layut changed and stud hight now 2.55m
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Woodsman kanuka wood box, 150mm sfp standard flue kit, dektite flexible roof flashing
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Res alterations including kitchen relocation, new level 1 deck, ground floor deck extension, & new retaining wall construction
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alterations to 2-storey detached dwelling: install Xtreme Rad, SFP 150mm flue
- Alterations and additions$120k
Conversion of attic space into additional bdrm & ensuite in existing dwg
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Alt to existing dwg: install a freestanding wood fireplace.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alteration to existing dwelling: Install a freestanding wood fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to existing dwg: remove existing free-standing fireplace & replace with a new free-standing fireplace
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Alt existing dwg - proposed gge in place of existing carport
- New homes$500k
Construct new detached dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to existing dwg � replace old fire. New woodsman serene. Sfp flue kit. New pan flashing with dektite flashing
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alterations to an existing dwg � remove existing fire & install a new freestanding wood burner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$60k
Amendment 01 - add of a conservatory to the deck area, some cladding detail, & structural revisions
- New commercial buildings$5m
Stage 2 of 2 - the construction of a 3 storey dwg with attached unit
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Amendment - structural changes, south deck changes, north courtyard decking on nurajacks, north new driveway & strip drains, leak repairs
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Near Fernhill
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fernhill?
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.