Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Southburn
17 new homes were consented in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 67% on the year before. Below: 12 consents we hold in Southburn, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimate District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimate 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 52 in 2008.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waimate 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.
- Farm buildings$2.3m
25 buildings · 5,542 m² new floor area · $378/m² new · +46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$800k
2 buildings · 187 m² new floor area · $4,278/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
2 buildings · 468 m² new floor area · $620/m² new · −93% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$500k
- Offices$400k
- Warehouses and storage$210k
+500% on the year before
- Education$60k
−83% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$60k
+140% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20k
−99% on the year before
Consents on record in Southburn
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 5 Oct 2005 to 1 Jun 2026. 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 heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,500
- New homes2
typically $395k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $20kNew wastewater treatment plant for 6 bdrm dwg. 157 Patersons Road, Maungati
- $5,500Install kinmont 350 heater with existing wetback 1190 Pareora River Road, Maungati
12 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
New wastewater treatment plant for 6 bdrm dwg.
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install kinmont 350 heater with existing wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Extend existing gge
- New homes$340k
To construct new timber framed dwg with onsite services
- Fires and heating$12k
Install metro ltd mega rad heater, ecan 156727, no wetback
- New homes$450k
New two-bdrm house with new solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install blaze king sirocco 20 heater - no wetback connection
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erection of a 2 bay goldpine (Ned's shed)
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Bathrm alterations including new wet floor shower
- Fires and heating$1,000
Install new woodsman flare heater - no wetback connection
- Other new buildings$500
Erect Marquee 31/10/2012 to 05/11/2012
- Garages, sheds and carports$4,000
Erect Three Bay Hay Shed
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Southburn
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Southburn?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17 new homes consented in the Waimate District council area, with $11.5m of residential and $4.9m 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.