Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lake Grassmere
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 Lake Grassmere, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 93 consents we hold in Lake Grassmere, 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 Lake Grassmere’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 Lake Grassmere
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Lake Grassmere 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 Lake Grassmere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 93 . 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.
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
93 consents
- New homes
Dwelling and Log Fire
- Alterations and additions
Deviation to BC001030
- Commercial alterations
Extension for Washery Reconfiguration
- Fires and heating
Inbuilt Jayline Trojan Logfire
- Commercial alterations
Build a Room Within Vacuum Refinery Building
- New homes
Dwelling With Attached Garage
- Alterations and additions
Erect Two Walls
- Garages, sheds and carports
Construct Farm Shed/Aircraft Hangar
- Fires and heating
Install Inbuilt Athena Bay Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Thermalux Gourmet Solid Fuel Cooker With Wetback
- Alterations and additions
Amendment To BC001477/001030
- Commercial alterations
Garage/Workshop
- New homes
Dwelling With Attached Garage
- Farm buildings
Covered Yard Facility Attached To Side Of Woolshed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Drainage Work - Sewer and Laundry Alterations
- Alterations and additions
Marquee
- Garages, sheds and carports
Reposition Employee Vehicle Garage
- Fires and heating
Inbuilt Logaire Atlanta Log Fire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Septic Tank & Effluent Fields
- Commercial alterations
Alterations
- Commercial alterations
Alterations To Existing Refinery Building
- Commercial alterations
Store Room and Canopy
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Metro Mega Rad Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Logaire Hestia Clean Air Log Fire
- Relocated buildings
Relocation of Dwelling / Waste Water
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Near Lake Grassmere
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lake Grassmere?
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.