Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Blind River
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 the statistical area around Blind River, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 132 consents we hold in Blind River, 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 Blind River’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 Blind River
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Blind River sits in (Awatere) — the suburb is smaller than one. 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 Blind River
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 132 from 1 Jul 2023 to 1 Jul 2023. 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.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $250k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
132 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$250k
Dwg alterations & add of sleepout
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Fires and heating
Install Inbuilt Masport LE Provincial and Free Standing Milton Log Fires
- Fires and heating
Install Inbuilt Metro High Output Log Fire
- Farm buildings
Four Bay Hay Barn
- Alterations and additions
Alterations
- Alterations and additions
Plastic Tunnel House
- Garages, sheds and carports
Alterations to Dwelling and Carport
- Garages, sheds and carports
Disassemble and Reassemble Shed
- Alterations and additions
Earth Dam
- New homes
Dwelling with Log Fire
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage and Log Fire
- Alterations and additions
Earth Dam
- New homes
New Dwelling with Detached Garage
- Alterations and additions
Two Single Lane Bridges
- Garages, sheds and carports
Goldpine Gable Kitset Shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Install Septic Tank & Effluent Disposal System, Stormwater Drainage & Sewer Pipes
- Garages, sheds and carports
Dwelling & Garage/ New Total Span Shed - Refer To BC 041610
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Commercial alterations
Shed/Workshop
- Farm buildings
Implement Shed
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Metro Wee Rad Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Masport LE 2000 Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Alterations and additions
Pole Hayshed Roof Only
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Near Blind River
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Blind River?
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.