Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Saint Andrews
17 new homes were consented in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 67% on the year before. Below: 35 consents we hold in Saint Andrews, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimate District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimate 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 52 in 2008.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waimate 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.
- Farm buildings$2.3m
25 buildings · 5,542 m² new floor area · $378/m² new · +46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$800k
2 buildings · 187 m² new floor area · $4,278/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
2 buildings · 468 m² new floor area · $620/m² new · −93% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$500k
- Offices$400k
- Warehouses and storage$210k
+500% on the year before
- Education$60k
−83% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$60k
+140% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20k
−99% on the year before
Consents on record in Saint Andrews
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 May 2020 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.
- Fires and heating11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions7
4 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $23k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $40k
- New homes1
typically $490k
- Relocated buildings1
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
- $75kConstruct new entertainment area. Engineered feature truss 20 Thackeray Street, Saint Andrews
- $75kMa - change of mechanical design 13 Thackeray Street, Saint Andrews
- $65kAlt to existing timber framed dwg 50 Webb Road, Saint Andrews
- $10kSeismic strengthening to 67% nbs 36 Waimate Highway, Saint Andrews
- $8,500Install new pyro (classic) fire clean air 194576 on raised 39 Blue Cliffs Road, Saint Andrews
35 consents
- Alterations and additions$65k
Alt to existing timber framed dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$10k
Seismic strengthening to 67% nbs
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install maxen kinmont 450 heater, with existing wetback
- Alterations and additions$8,500
Install new pyro (classic) fire clean air 194576 on raised
- Alterations and additions$75k
Construct new entertainment area. Engineered feature truss
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install roaring meg mighty meg eco heater - ecan # 214005,
- Alterations and additions$75k
Ma - change of mechanical design
- Fires and heating$8,789
Install maxen kinmont 350 wet heater - ecan # 240608
- Relocated buildings$10k
Relocating a 12metre by 7 metres totalspan gge about 10
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extension of living area
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Erect pole shed
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman Tarras mkiii heater, ecan # 143492, no
- Alterations and additions$19k
Construct an ensuite into the existing porch/entry area & housing - detached dwgs
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$90k
Repairs to damaged brick veneer, alterations to internal
- Fires and heating$7,261
Install masport Kaituna ash ecan 234635 heater, no wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect 3 bay pole shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding Woodsman Tarras III woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Erect 4 bay pole shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$33k
Installation of new septic system
- Alterations and additions$150k
Existing dwg living area to be altered to include a new
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install jayline pr300 uleb heater - no wetback connection
- Garages, sheds and carports$18k
Construction of a versatile gge 7m x 7m
- Fires and heating$9,017
Install masport r5000 heater with wetback connection
- Commercial alterations$40k
Site a new factory built dwg on pile foundations
- Fires and heating$6,560
Remove old fire & flue & install new masport r5000 ped
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Saint Andrews
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Saint Andrews?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17 new homes consented in the Waimate District council area, with $11.5m of residential and $4.9m 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.