Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ranfurly
311 new homes were consented in the Central Otago District council area in the year to September 2026, up 2% on the year before. They also consented $63.3m of non-residential building work, up 44% on the year before. Below: 107 consents we hold in Ranfurly, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Otago District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Otago 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 409 in 2017.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Central Otago 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$14.4m
2 buildings · 938 m² new floor area · $1,066/m² new · +1323% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$10.9m
14 buildings · 5,074 m² new floor area · $1,856/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Farm buildings$10.6m
62 buildings · 10,511 m² new floor area · $990/m² new · +90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$8.8m
10 buildings · 7,417 m² new floor area · $1,157/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.4m
4 buildings · 1,707 m² new floor area · $2,738/m² new · +825% on the year before
- Offices$4.7m
4 buildings · 1,030 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +138% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.7m
2 buildings · 445 m² new floor area · $8,315/m² new · −60% on the year before
- Education$2.5m
2 buildings · 364 m² new floor area · $2,266/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.3m
2 buildings · 162 m² new floor area · $6,790/m² new · −69% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$1m
1 building · 210 m² new floor area · $4,762/m² new · −33% on the year before
Consents on record in Ranfurly
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 107 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating28
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions21
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- New homes9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $370k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $60k
- Pools and spas2
typically $148k
- Multiple homes1
typically $605k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $370k3 bdrm domestic dwg 26 Stuart Road, Ranfurly
- $300kNew two bdrm dwg with attached gge housing - detached 13 Welles Street, Ranfurly
- $54kNew gge 25 Launceston Place, Ranfurly
- $50kNew shed 2 Launceston Place, Ranfurly
- $5,000New toyotomi laser ff95 diesel heater 8 Launceston Place, Ranfurly
107 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
New toyotomi laser ff95 diesel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$54k
New gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install a new heating appliance
- New homes$370k
3 bdrm domestic dwg
- New homes$300k
New two bdrm dwg with attached gge housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Extension to an existing free-standing single storey shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
New metro wee rad base fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$45k
R2 - removal of stairway & new bathrm in two storey detached dwg.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Amendment to bco10383186-1 - to add new food preparation area with a new kitchen sink & hot water cylinder into scope of works also including revised accessibility features related to the subject bu
- New homes$543k
New three bdrm dwg with attached gge housing - detached
- Relocated buildings$60k
Sitings & foundations for new relocated dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$4,000
New kent Rata inbuilt fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New liquid fuel toyotomi heating appliance housing - detached
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport Wanaka freestanding heating unit - emission 0.7 housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Internal alterations to existing dwg (laundry) housing - detached
- Fires and heating$7,200
Free standing fire - Masport Kaituna Pedestal ULEB Freestanding Fire
- New homes$200k
New two bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$15k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (bathrm)
- New homes$800k
New 3-bdrm dwg, open plan kitchen dining living & lounge, attached dbl gge, concrete foundation with brick & jh stria
- Multiple homes$605k
Construction 2 dwgs on same allotment, waste water system, woodsman colleridge space heater
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Rbw - waterproofing to existing bathrm for new tiled shower.
- Fires and heating$6,000
New freestanding metro wood burner heating
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing maxen cargill 350 solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$70k
Add & alt to dwg - add of hall & bdrm, connecting dwg to pool house
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Suburbs in Ranfurly
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ranfurly?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 311 new homes consented in the Central Otago District council area, with $181m of residential and $63.3m 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.