Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Seadown
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. Below: 419 consents we hold in Seadown, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Timaru 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% on the year before
Consents on record in Seadown
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 419 from 5 May 1993 to 8 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.
- Fires and heating14
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $35k
- Alterations and additions3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Pools and spas3
typically $72k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $63k
- Farm buildings2
typically $474k
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $495k
- Other new buildings1
- Commercial alterations1
typically $13k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $495kErect Building 20 Phar Lap Road, Seadown
- $120kSiting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling & Install Scandia 546 Waipopo Road, Seadown
- $35kAlterations (Ensuite & WIR) 126 Phar Lap Road, Seadown
- $5,000Install Maxen Forbury 550 Inbuilt Woodburner 567 Waipopo Road, Seadown
- $5,000Install Woodsman Totara Inbuilt Woodburner 1055 Seadown Road, Seadown
419 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Clutha Ash ULEB Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Henley 250-L Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$35k
Alterations (Ensuite & WIR)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Totara Inbuilt Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$495k
Erect Building
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Forbury 550 Inbuilt Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$120k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling & Install Scandia
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Rural Freestanding Woodburner (Hut 18)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Jayline SS200L Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Jayline SS200L Freestanding Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$5,000
Relocate Existing Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner (Hut 16)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Henley Freestanding Woodburner
- Farm buildings$870k
Erect Dairy Shed
- Pools and spas$72k
Install Swimming Pool/Fencing
- Farm buildings$78k
Erect Farm Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Stag Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports
AMEND - Erect Garage (B2 Modification)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Dwelling Addition (B2 Modification)
- Pools and spas
AMEND Install Spa Pool / Erect Deck (B2 Modification)
- Pools and spas
AMEND Install Swimming Pool & Erect Shed (B2 Modification)
- Garages, sheds and carports
AMEND Erect Garage/Workshop (B2 Modification)
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Erect Garage
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Seadown
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Seadown?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.