Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Awatere Valley
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. In Awatere Valley itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 148 consents we hold in Awatere Valley, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Awatere Valley’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Awatere Valley
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Awatere. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
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 Awatere Valley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 148 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Nov 2025. 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.
- Alterations and additions2
typically $64k
- Fires and heating1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
148 consents
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to bc240873: reduced scope of works (dwg add not proceeding)
- Fires and heating$10k
Free standing metro ltd rad plus log fire & free standing metro wee rad leg log fire
- Alterations and additions$128k
Dwg alterations & additions with free-standing nectre big bakers oven
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$9,000
New pump chamber & effluent disposal bed
- Alterations and additions
Homecrafts Gallery
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Pioneer Log Fire
- Farm buildings
Three Bay Implement Shed with WC, Shower and Sink
- Demolition
Demolish Dwelling
- New homes
Dwelling and Log Fire
- Other new buildings
Erection of Building
- Fires and heating
Inbuilt Metro Insert Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Alterations and additions
Additions
- Fires and heating
Additions to Single Mens Quarters Including Metro Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Three Bay Hay Shed
- Alterations and additions
Free Standing Tirolia Range
- Relocated buildings
Relocation of Dwelling
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs
Addition - Close-In Decking
- Fires and heating
Inbuilt Metro Hi-Output Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Metro Wee Rad Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
Sleep Out
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Carport and Log Fire
- Farm buildings
Implement Shed
- Alterations and additions
Workers Hut
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Near Awatere Valley
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Awatere Valley?
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.