Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Seddon
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. Below: 1,892 consents we hold in Seddon, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Seddon
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,892 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 heating23
5 in the last 12 months · typically $6,700
- New homes7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $410k
- Alterations and additions7
typically $10k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $23k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $250k
- Insulation1
typically $5,800
- Pools and spas1
typically $55k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $3,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $750kSingle storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 16 Fell Street, Seddon
- $45kLined pole shed with solid fuel heater 396A Redwood Pass Road, Redwood Pass
- $10kRes/farm - relocatable gge with fire wall. 13 Richmond Street, Seddon
- $8,000Free-standing yunca oscar solid fuel heater 11 Richmond Street, Seddon
- $8,000Free-standing masport Waimakariri solid fuel heater 14 Weld Street, Seddon
1,892 consents
- New homes$750k
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing yunca oscar solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing masport Waimakariri solid fuel heater
- Commercial alterations$2,000
Install new free standing wood burner
- Fires and heating$45k
Lined pole shed with solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$4,750
Free-standing firenzo Bronte ag solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Res/farm - relocatable gge with fire wall.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing masport Kaituna solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to bc240873: reduced scope of works (dwg add not proceeding)
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - type 1 sumps location amended & civil engineer driveway design provided.
- Fires and heating$9,000
Res alterations & additions & free standing solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Gge
- Fires and heating$10k
Free standing metro ltd rad plus log fire & free standing metro wee rad leg log fire
- Fires and heating$6,700
Fireplace - inbuilt to supply & install a new inbuilt metro smart insert wood burner
- Commercial alterations$35k
Gge/pipework for future laundry/new shower in office
- New homes$410k
Dwg
- Fires and heating$375k
Swimming pool & pool house with free-standing radiante solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$340k
240720 - lot 3 - construction of a storage shed
- Insulation$5,800
Install insulmax insulation to exterior walls as per codemark certificate cmnz70028
- Alterations and additions$128k
Dwg alterations & additions with free-standing nectre big bakers oven
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Toilet installation
- Fires and heating$250k
Res alterations & additions & solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$10k
Replaced existing shower & installed tiled shower
- Alterations and additions$35k
Res alterations
- Fires and heating$7,500
Free-standing masport f3000 solid fuel heater
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Seddon
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Seddon?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.