Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fernside
795 new homes were consented in the Waimakariri District council area in the year to September 2026, up 15% on the year before. They also consented $43.2m of non-residential building work, down 37% on the year before. In Fernside itself, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 64 consents we hold in Fernside, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimakariri District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Fernside’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimakariri 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 1,248 in 2013.
New homes in Fernside
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Fernside. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 0 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 — Waimakariri 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.
- Farm buildings$12m
56 buildings · 16,162 m² new floor area · $488/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.1m
7 buildings · 7,203 m² new floor area · $1,245/m² new · +781% on the year before
- Education$6.3m
2 buildings · 1,273 m² new floor area · $2,907/m² new · −44% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$5.4m
2 buildings · 2,398 m² new floor area · $1,793/m² new · −38% on the year before
- Offices$3.7m
3 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $2,964/m² new · +4575% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.3m
−75% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 560 m² new floor area · $559/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1m
2 buildings · 392 m² new floor area · $885/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$150k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
Consents on record in Fernside
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 64 from 1 Sep 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.
- New homes21
7 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Alterations and additions8
typically $30k
- Fires and heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,000
- Pools and spas4
typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $176k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $25k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $260k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $650kDwg including logburner attached gge & wastewater system 481 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 3 dp 495496 481 Mairaki Road
- $580kSecondary dwg with attached gge 780 Oxford Rd Rangiora lot 3 dp 335724 780 Oxford Road
- $550kDwg with logburner, swimming pool & wastewater system 204 McIntoshs Rd Fernside lot 2 dp 575172 204 McIntoshs Road
- $350k2 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 1 McIntoshs Road
- $320kDwg including logburner & wastewater system 42 kennedys hill Rd Springbank lot 1 dp 532124 42 Kennedys Hill Road
64 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$79k
Gge 149 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 575172
- New homes$580k
Secondary dwg with attached gge 780 Oxford Rd Rangiora lot 3 dp 335724
- New homes$650k
Dwg including logburner attached gge & wastewater system 481 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 3 dp 495496
- New homes$175k
Transportable dwg 131 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 470411
- Fires and heating$3,000
Metro leb freestanding logburner with wetback 156 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 328987
- New homes$320k
Dwg including logburner & wastewater system 42 kennedys hill Rd Springbank lot 1 dp 532124
- New homes$350k
2 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- New homes$550k
Dwg with logburner, swimming pool & wastewater system 204 McIntoshs Rd Fernside lot 2 dp 575172
- New homes$175k
Transportable dwg 131 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 470411
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$75k
Dwg relocation & add including wastewater system 50 brackenfield downs Springbank lot 12 dp 372519
- New homes$75k
Transportable dwg 131 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 470411
- Commercial alterations$101k
Gge workshop including bathrm 18 McIntoshs Rd Fernside lot 2 dp 468162
- Fires and heating$3,000
Woodsman leb freestanding log burner with wetback 557 mairaki Rd Springbank lot 10 dp 58874
- Commercial alterations$250k
Gge workshop 561 mount thomas Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 536294
- Fires and heating$3,000
Woodsman freestanding leb log burner 131 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 470411
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport wetback freestanding logburner proposed lot 1 603 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 2 dp 337648
- Alterations and additions$30k
Transportable dwg 22.6m2 131 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 1 dp 470411
- New homes$640k
Dwg with attached gge including log burner & septic tank 639 mairaki Rd Cust lot 5 dp 566283
- Pools and spas$100k
Inground swimming pool with fencing 669 mairaki Rd Fernside lot 4 dp 566283
- Pools and spas$50k
Inground swimming pool with fencing 136 kennedys hill Rd Springbank lot 9 dp 561796
- New homes$750k
Dwg with log burner & waste water system 132 Kennedys Hill Rd Springbank lot 11 dp 561796
- Garages, sheds and carports$250k
Gge 360m2 557 Mount Thomas Rd Fernside lot 3 dp 536294
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Converting part of existing shed to dwg including logburner 982 a Oxford Rd Rangiora lot 1 DP 397121
- Pools and spas$110k
In-ground swimming pool 39m2 824 Oxford Rd Rangiora lot 5 DP 472350
- New homes$300k
Dwg with log burner & septic tank 920 Oxford Rd Rangiora Lot 1 DP 549304
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fernside?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 795 new homes consented in the Waimakariri District council area, with $354m of residential and $43.2m 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.