Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Seadown
Councils consented $112m of non-residential building work in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, up 78% on the year before. Below: 73 commercial 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.
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
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 Seadown
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 73 from 5 May 1993 to 29 May 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.
- Farm buildings2
typically $474k
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $495k
- 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
73 consents
- New commercial buildings$495k
Erect Building
- Farm buildings$870k
Erect Dairy Shed
- Farm buildings$78k
Erect Farm Shed
- Commercial alterations$13k
Building Addition
- Commercial alterations$65k
AMEND Building Addition (Add Additional Bay)
- Commercial alterations$32k
Building Addition (Shed)
- Commercial alterations$30k
Building Addition (Shed Addition)
- Farm buildings$6,000
Siting & Footing for Relocated Hay Barn
- Farm buildings$49k
Erect Implement Shed
- Farm buildings$70k
Erect Farm Shed
- Farm buildings$40k
Erect Farm Shed
- Farm buildings$12k
Erect Farm Shed
- Fit-outs$90k
Change of Use (Hall to Dwelling) Fit-Out/ Install WWTS/Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$40k
Additions & Footings for Relocated Shed
- Farm buildings$55k
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$25k
LAPSED - Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Change Location of Shed
- Farm buildings$68k
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$230k
Erect Dairy Shed
- New commercial buildings
AMEND: Roof Water Dispersal
- Farm buildings$35k
Erect Haybarn
- New commercial buildings$1.1m
Erect Shed/Feeding Barn
- Farm buildings$5,000
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$40k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$65k
Erect Shed
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.