Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Richmond
280 new homes were consented in the Tasman District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $142m of non-residential building work, up 81% on the year before. Below: 1,386 consents we hold in Richmond, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tasman District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tasman 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 661 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tasman 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$45.8m
7 buildings · 9,720 m² new floor area · $4,131/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$27.8m
2 buildings · 4,226 m² new floor area · $6,425/m² new · +4320% on the year before
- Education$20.6m
1 building · 1,160 m² new floor area · $13,793/m² new · +458% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15m
6 buildings · 7,502 m² new floor area · $1,882/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9.3m
2 buildings · 1,979 m² new floor area · $4,118/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Offices$7.5m
3 buildings · 776 m² new floor area · $5,528/m² new · +126% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.7m
19 buildings · 8,768 m² new floor area · $575/m² new · +185% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5.1m
3 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,981/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$4.6m
3 buildings · 1,230 m² new floor area · $3,541/m² new · +151% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$610k
1 building · 132 m² new floor area · $3,485/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Richmond
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,386 from 1 Jul 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 homes334
60 in the last 12 months · typically $470k
- Fires and heating243
44 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions235
43 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports55
12 in the last 12 months · typically $44k
- Pools and spas46
8 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs21
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts17
3 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater17
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Multiple homes16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.2m
- Relocated buildings16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $4.3mRbw - construction of thirteen terrace house units & one stand-alone house. All units two storeys, 2-3 bedrooms, one bathrm & one ensuite. One laundry, kitchen per unit. Associated driveways, fo 6 Heaphy Street, Richmond
- $2.5mPbc e2e - rbw - six new two-storey dwgs. Lot 1 & 2 each with three bedrooms & two & a half bathrooms; lots 3-6 each with four bedrooms, two & a half bathrooms & attached single gge. 3 Churchill Avenue, Richmond
- $1.9mRbw - 5 two-storey attached dwg: lot 1:two-storey attached dwg, including 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Lot 2-5:two-storey attached dwg, including 3 bedrooms, 2.5bathrooms, 1 gge. Assoc 25 Heaphy Street, Richmond
- $1.7mRbw - demolish existing dwg. - proposed four new detached dwgs (lot 1 to 4) : lots 1-3, each with three bedrooms, four bathrooms, one flexi room, kitchen dining, living, laundry with intern 240 Hill Street, Richmond
- $995kConstruct dwg with internal access gge , Appleby
1,386 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Construction of a 6m x 5m Versatile gge
- New homes$553k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$621k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$627k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$160k
Alt bathrm & wall between living & dining rooms, install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Ensuite renovation
- New homes$465k
260410 - lot 2 - construction of a freestanding dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$60k
260617 - lot 5 - internal alt to ground floor existing bathrooms. Removing existing walls, replacing & adding new plumbing fixtures.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations to the laundry, including new walls, installation of a shower & relocation of the cavity slider door
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Pyro uleb freestanding logburner 47 Gladstone Rd Woodend lot 4 dp 63473
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alt to existing timber truss.
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Wc added to laundry, shower added & one wall removed house alt/additions
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Installed shower over bath with tiled surround, relocated
- Alterations and additions$105k
Sips add to existing sips house
- New homes$583k
3-bdrm dwg with gge
- Pools and spas$32k
Construct inground swimming pool & fence
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations to dwg
- New homes$395k
Construct dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$20k
Internal alterations to dwg
- New homes$447k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$509k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- New homes$418k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Pools and spas$30k
Construct swimming pool fence
- New homes$420k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Richmond
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Richmond?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 280 new homes consented in the Tasman District council area, with $166m of residential and $142m 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.