Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Riverlands
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: 1,170 consents we hold in Riverlands, 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 Riverlands
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,170 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jun 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.
- Alterations and additions11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Garages, sheds and carports8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $109k
- Pools and spas7
typically $10k
- New homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $956k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2,501
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $2,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mDwg & solid fuel heater 35 Hardings Road, Riverlands
- $175kGge extension/alterations & recladding of attached flat 83 Dry Hills Lane, Riverlands
- $65kBathrm & ensuite renovations 116 Hardings Road, Riverlands
- $30kNew wastewater system 138 Hardings Road, Riverlands
- $25kReplace an existing retaining wall 146 Dry Hills Lane, Riverlands
1,170 consents
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment to bc240396 - plumbing & drainage alterations & add of veranda
- Alterations and additions$65k
Bathrm & ensuite renovations
- Garages, sheds and carports$175k
Gge extension/alterations & recladding of attached flat
- Retaining walls$25k
Replace an existing retaining wall
- Fires and heating$8,000
Inbuilt yunca xander solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$20k
Res alterations & additions
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
New wastewater system
- Garages, sheds and carports$6,200
Install bathrm in gge
- New homes$1.1m
Dwg & solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Shed/dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Alterations to existing gge
- Alterations and additions$10k
Add new ensuite bathrm to existing dwg
- New homes$1m
Dwg with metro ambie plus solid fuel heater, swimming pool & pole shed
- Pools and spas$10k
Swimming pool fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Amendment to bc241063: convert gge to formal dining room
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Shed with bathrm
- Alterations and additions$3,500
Add of louvre frame to dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing metro xtreme rad base woodburner
- Alterations and additions$15k
Amendment to bc241063 - res alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$20k
Install ensuite in bdrm
- Alterations and additions$750k
Res alterations & additions
- Pools and spas$5,000
Swimming pool fencing
- Alterations and additions$70k
Res alterations & additions
- Garages, sheds and carports$97k
Shed
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Riverlands
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Riverlands?
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.