Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Sheffield
2,424 new homes were consented in the Selwyn District council area in the year to September 2026, up 58% on the year before. They also consented $216m of non-residential building work, down 17% on the year before. Below: 20 consents we hold in Sheffield, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Selwyn District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Selwyn 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 1,928 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Selwyn 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.
- Warehouses and storage$102m
25 buildings · 41,166 m² new floor area · $2,457/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Education$47.9m
16 buildings · 9,976 m² new floor area · $4,028/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$27.5m
129 buildings · 51,611 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +43% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17m
8 buildings · 6,733 m² new floor area · $1,521/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,637 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −63% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6.1m
1 building · 409 m² new floor area · $3,912/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.1m
2 buildings · 633 m² new floor area · $4,344/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.3m
1 building · −73% on the year before
- Offices$1m
−75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$825k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Sheffield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 20 from 1 Oct 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $46k
- Fires and heating4
typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions3
typically $40k
- New homes3
typically $234k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $30k
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.3m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
20 consents
- New homes$562k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- Alterations and additions$1
Wall under/rab plus window installation details
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Construction of a detached dwg with attached gge, 2 attached dwgs with attached garages & 2 attached dwgs in 3 blocks - total 5 dwgs
- New homes$180k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 2 bedrooms
- New homes$234k
Construction of detached dwg with attached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Construction of outbuilding - 2 bay pole shed
- Fires and heating$7,530
Installation of solid fuel heater - Blaze King Sirocco SC20P
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Construction of outbuilding - dbl gge & dbl car
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Installation of septic system
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Construction of outbuilding - 4 bay shed
- Alterations and additions$75k
Dwg alterations expand kitchen & living area,
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - woodsman novo ecr
- Garages, sheds and carports$46k
Construction of outbuilding 2 bay gge
- Fires and heating$1,500
Installation of solid fuel heater- bosca spirit 550
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - metro eco tiny ped
- Alterations and additions$40k
Outbuilding
- Fires and heating$4,500
Solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$1
Solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Septic tank
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Sheffield
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Sheffield?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 2,424 new homes consented in the Selwyn District council area, with $1.1b of residential and $216m 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.