Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Roxburgh
Councils consented $63.3m of non-residential building work in the Central Otago District council area in the year to September 2026, up 44% on the year before. Below: 1 commercial consents we hold in Roxburgh, 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.
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
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 Roxburgh
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1 from 1 Apr 2022 to 1 Apr 2022. 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 commercial buildings1
typically $982k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1 consent
- New commercial buildings$982k
New four-bdrm dwg with office & gge housing - detached
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Roxburgh
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Roxburgh?
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.