Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Sanson
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. Below: 72 consents we hold in Sanson, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu 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 260 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Manawatu 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$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Sanson
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 72 from 1 Aug 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.
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $425k
- Alterations and additions6
typically $15k
- Pools and spas3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $33k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $21k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $2,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550k3 bdrm 2 bathrm house with an attached dbl gge 2B A'Court Street, Sanson
- $90kNew 8.0m x 4.5m in ground swimming pool with associated pool barriers. 2530 State Highway 3, Sanson
- $70kReclad of existing shed & new concrete slab on ground raised to ground clearances. Existing windows to remain. 81 Hedges Street, Sanson
- $21kTo repile an existing building in its same position. Foundations only. 2226 State Highway 3, Sanson
- $10kReconnection of existing stormwater to council network 36B Phillips Street, Sanson
72 consents
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$21k
To repile an existing building in its same position. Foundations only.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Reconnection of existing stormwater to council network
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new freestanding metro micro rad woody wood fire with standard flue kit & micro wall hearth
- Pools and spas$90k
New 8.0m x 4.5m in ground swimming pool with associated pool barriers.
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Reclad of existing shed & new concrete slab on ground raised to ground clearances. Existing windows to remain.
- New homes$550k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm house with an attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of metro xtreme rad leg solid fuel burner with eco flue kit
- New homes$1.2m
A new build of a 3 bdrm house with a dbl car gge & a carport.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Removal of lbw & replaced with strutting beam.
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Extend existing quinns 6m x 6m gge to 6m x 12m [(72 sq metres total)
- Fires and heating$6,800
Install kent logfire II
- Alterations and additions$1
P2 - enclose entrance way to create a separate laundry. Variations to existing joinery sizes. Revise roof valley for ease of construction. P1- add to the existing house being 2 bedrooms & a shared bathrm
- New homes$450k
Construct a new 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Commercial alterations$60k
Rebuild existing gge/workshop with new & attach new carport to gge.
- Fires and heating$14k
Install a wamsler k128 solid fuel cooker
- Alterations and additions$220k
Add to the existing house being 2 bedrooms & a shared bathrm
- Alterations and additions$11k
New heating appliance
- Fires and heating$7,100
Installation of Maxen Kinmont 350w freestanding fire, flue system & flashing
- Fires and heating$20k
Internal alt involving wall removal, new wood burner installation, & new openings in existing wall.
- New homes$310k
2 bdrm dwg with internal access single gge
- Alterations and additions$4,400
New heating appliance
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Erect a new gge (2 bay w/- carport attached)
- Pools and spas$99k
Installation of a narellan inground symphony 11 swimming pool
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Existing domestic dwg internal alterations - convert existing toilet into new en-suite.
- Garages, sheds and carports$23k
Totalspan 6m x 4m x 2.4m shed
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Sanson
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Sanson?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.