Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Speargrass Flat
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 Speargrass Flat, 28 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 609 consents we hold in Speargrass Flat, 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 Speargrass Flat’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 Speargrass Flat
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Speargrass Flat sits in (Wakatipu Basin) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 21 houses, 7 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 Speargrass Flat
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 609 from 23 Sep 2014 to 28 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 homes24
7 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- Alterations and additions24
2 in the last 12 months · typically $410k
- Pools and spas11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Other new buildings2
typically $3.1m
- Commercial alterations2
typically $6,500
- Relocated buildings2
typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $900k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3.5mNew 5 bdrm, 5 bathrm dwg, brick veneer & membrane roofing. Detached dbl gge. Pool 99 Speargrass Flat Road
- $3.3mConstruction of two storey residential dwelling with attached garage and flat 814 Malaghans Road
- $2mNew 4 bedroom single storey house with swimming pool and outbuidling. - Future Lot 2 160-162 Lower Shotover Road
- $1.2mExtension to gge & first floor loft spaces 370 Lower Shotover Road
- $1mNew family home, 2.5 bathrooms & 3 bedrooms 67 Elysium Way
609 consents
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alteration to existing 3 bedroom house to remove existing outdoor kitchen and fire, and add new outdoor living area.
- New homes$2m
New 4 bedroom single storey house with swimming pool and outbuidling. - Future Lot 2
- New homes$613k
Construction of single storey dwelling
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to 2-storey dwg: new woodsman Tarras mk111, sfp 150mm standard flue, cap flashing with spigot
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
Re-construct outbuilding (into sleepout) that has burnt down
- Pools and spas$385k
Proposed pool & pool house
- Alterations and additions$735k
Alt & add to existing dwg: construction of new dwg & extension to existing dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Extend existing residence to add new bdrm & new gge position
- New homes$3.5m
New 5 bdrm, 5 bathrm dwg, brick veneer & membrane roofing. Detached dbl gge. Pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$1.2m
Extension to gge & first floor loft spaces
- New homes$450k
New res flat/dwg with kitchen, living, 2 bdrm 1 bathrm
- New homes$3.3m
Construction of two storey residential dwelling with attached garage and flat
- New homes$1m
New family home, 2.5 bathrooms & 3 bedrooms
- New homes$920k
Construction of single storey dwg with attached gge & fire
- Alterations and additions$1.5m
Alteration of dwelling
- Pools and spas$180k
Construction of swimming pool & surrounding decking, landscape walls and fencing.
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alteration to dwelling: Extension to dining room
- Pools and spas$60k
Pool and pool barrier.
- Alterations and additions$1.6m
Stage 2 of 2 - Construction of a single storey dwelling with detached garage.
- Alterations and additions$1m
Additions to single storey dwelling - add glasshouse. Internal renovations.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alteration to dwelling - Install solid fuel heater in timber cavity
- New homes$1.8m
Construction of single storey dwelling with 2 attached garages
- Alterations and additions$100k
Stage 1 of 2 for the construction of a proposed res dwg. Stage 1 consists of floor slabs, retaining walls & underground services
- Fires and heating$300k
Amendment: add fireplace. Interior layout re-configured, internal stair re-located. Replacing existing windows & door joinery
- Multiple homes$4.5m
Construction of 2 x single storey detached dwellings with attached garage and detached outbuilding
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Speargrass Flat?
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.