Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Dashwood
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 Dashwood, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 182 consents we hold in Dashwood, 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 Dashwood’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 Dashwood
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Dashwood 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 Dashwood
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 182 from 1 Jan 2025 to 1 Jan 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.
- Fires and heating1
typically $375k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
182 consents
- Fires and heating$375k
Swimming pool & pool house with free-standing radiante solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Kent Tile Log Fire
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Alterations and additions
Alteration
- New homes
Dwelling With Attached Garage And Two Log Fires
- Demolition
Remove Dwelling
- Alterations and additions
Farm Building
- New homes
Dwelling
- New homes
Dwelling with Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Storage Shed
- Alterations and additions
Farm Building
- Alterations and additions
Two Implement Sheds
- Alterations and additions
Earth Storage Dam
- Alterations and additions
Addition
- Alterations and additions
Alterations to Bathrooms
- Farm buildings
Amendment to BC020589 - Smoko, Toilet and Shower Rooms within Implement Shed
- Commercial alterations
Shed
- Commercial alterations
Office/Garage
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Masport Utopia Log Fire and Two Inbuilt Hewitsons Athena Log Fires
- Farm buildings
Remove Woolshed
- Garages, sheds and carports
Farm Shed
- Alterations and additions
Internal Dwelling Alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports
Farm Shed
- Alterations and additions
Wind Machine
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Near Dashwood
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dashwood?
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.