Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rai Valley
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. Below: 540 consents we hold in Rai Valley, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Rai Valley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 540 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Apr 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 heating6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions2
typically $26k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $25kReplacement wastewater system 119 Opouri Road, Rai Valley
- $8,000Free standing metro Ltd wee rad solid fuel heater 68 Hebberds Road, Rai Valley
- $5,000Metro Ltd extreme freestanding fire with existing wetback 626 Opouri Road, Rai Valley
540 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Metro Ltd extreme freestanding fire with existing wetback
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing metro Ltd wee rad solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Replacement wastewater system
- Alterations and additions$35k
Bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Inbuilt kent log fire 2 solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing metro tiny rad woody solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$17k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing Firenzo Lady Kitchener solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing Firenzo Athena solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro Ltd mega rad fir
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$87k
Swimming pool & fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Shed
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Free-standing thermalux gourmet cooker with wetback
- Fires and heating$4,000
Free-standing woodsman Brunner mk ii log fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Add of gge with entrance link/verandah to north & west of existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,500
Building alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$34k
Gge
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Kent Tile Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Vehicle Storage Shed
- Alterations and additions
Extension
- Alterations and additions
Legalise Free Standing Pittsburgh Pot Belly Stove
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Fisher Lochinvar Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Woodsman Matai Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage/Storage Shed
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Suburbs in Rai Valley
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rai Valley?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.