Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ettrick
311 new homes were consented in the Central Otago District council area in the year to September 2026, up 2% on the year before. They also consented $63.3m of non-residential building work, up 44% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ettrick, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Ettrick, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ettrick’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Otago 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 409 in 2017.
New homes in Ettrick
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ettrick sits in (Teviot Valley) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — 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
Consents on record in Ettrick
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jul 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 homes5
typically $1m
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $20k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $26k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5,000New freestanding fireplace 5280 Ettrick-Raes Junction Road
18 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace
- New homes$423k
Construction of single storey dwg with attached gge - future lot 7147
- New homes$1m
Proposed new 3 bdrm two storey attached dwgs. Proposed lots 7148 & 7149
- New homes$1m
Proposed new 3 bdrm two storey attached dwgs. Future lots 7150 & 7151
- New homes$1m
Proposed new 3 bdrm single level dwg, & proposed 3 bdrm two storey dwg. Proposed lots 7152 & 7153.
- New homes$400k
New two bdrm dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$4,999
New metro Ltd wee rad leg base fireplace housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Alterations to residence to include a rebuild of the existing gge amendment 1: change of cladding to gge & bracing revised from gib to plywood.
- Fires and heating$5,000
New yunca monte rural fireplace housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$25k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (rearrange housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Construct a new carport
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install second hand freestanding woodsman fire heating
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Replacement of onsite wastewater disposal system housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$28k
New gge
- Alterations and additions$27k
Internal alterations to existing dwg (kitchen & housing - detached
- Fires and heating$3,351
Install a new freestanding masport Wanaka heartland heating
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new freestanding metro LTD mega rad
- Garages, sheds and carports$33k
Replace existing carport with new single car gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ettrick?
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.