Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Riverlands
Councils consented $127m of non-residential building work in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 122% on the year before. Below: 457 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Riverlands
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 457 from 1 Jul 2024 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.
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2,501
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1Amendment to bc240396 - plumbing & drainage alterations & add of veranda 3023 State Highway 1, Riverlands
457 consents
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment to bc240396 - plumbing & drainage alterations & add of veranda
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Install new metro tiny rad freestanding woodburner
- Commercial alterations
Additions Including Office
- Commercial alterations
Tank Foundations
- Commercial alterations
Winery
- Commercial alterations
Office
- Commercial alterations
Distribution Centre, Freezer Depot and Laboratory
- Commercial alterations
Office Block
- Commercial alterations
Lean-To Bus Shelter
- Commercial alterations
Extension of Existing Tipping Tank Foundations
- Commercial alterations
Freezer
- Commercial alterations
Extension
- Commercial alterations
Workshop and Office
- Farm buildings
Implement Shed
- Commercial alterations
Engineers Workshop
- Commercial alterations
Concrete Tank Foundations
- Commercial alterations
Amendment to BC001808
- Commercial alterations
Extension and New Wall
- Commercial alterations
Extensions and Alterations to Laboratory Building
- Commercial alterations
Extension
- Commercial alterations
Multi Purpose Building
- Commercial alterations
Office and Workshop (Stage 1 - Shell Only)
- Farm buildings
Implement Shed
- Commercial alterations
To Alter & Extend An Existing Mussel Processing Factory.
- Commercial alterations
Lean-To Roof
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.