Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Springfield
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: 50 consents we hold in Springfield, 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 Springfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 50 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions9
typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- New homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $291k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $31k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $80k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $300kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 2 45 Pocock Road, Springfield
- $80kProposed alterations & deck add to existing building. All works external to the building envelope. No internal changes. 6 Pall Mall Street, Springfield
- $30kConstruction of outbuilding - 2 bay pole shed 52 Pocock Road, Springfield
- $6,300Installation of solid fuel heater - maxen Forbury 550 insert 5782 West Coast Road, Springfield
- $5,000Installation of solid fuel heater - firenzo Bronte 17 Tramway Road, Springfield
50 consents
- Fires and heating$6,300
Installation of solid fuel heater - maxen Forbury 550 insert
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$80k
Proposed alterations & deck add to existing building. All works external to the building envelope. No internal changes.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - firenzo Bronte
- New homes$300k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 2
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - metro micro rad (leb)
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construction of outbuilding - 2 bay pole shed
- Alterations and additions$1
Change of cladding to reduce number of flashings
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - pyro mini
- Fires and heating$7,950
Installation of solid fuel heater - blaze king chinook
- Fires and heating$1
Amendment 1 - changing shf from yunca monte euro to yunca
- Alterations and additions$420
Dwg extensions & alterations including roof, walls & internal layout
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - monte euro
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Dwg alterations - dining room add
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - nectre n65
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$80k
Alterations to dwg first floor re-clad replace joinery
- Alterations and additions$500
Amendment to aba-2020-2018 - change layout of bathrm to add laundry & delete fire rating to wall
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Internal dwg alterations - home based hair salon minor plumbing & drainage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - Masport R5000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Amendment to ABA-2024-141 - revise structural design, deck & balustrade construction & window dimensions (W27-W33) (remedial work) & change polystyrene slab insulation from R1.8 to R2.6
- New homes$281k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$1.5m
Extend with internal alterations to dwg with attached gge, install escea ds1650 gas heater, construct retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$300k
Rbw - infill of backdoor alcove. Removal of walls around bathrm, laundry, kitchen & bdrm. New beams, new walls to create new bdrm - bathrm locations. New bifold door. No work that results
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construction of outbuilding - 2 bay pole shed issued under
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - wagener sparky
- Alterations and additions$490k
Rbw - add of ground floor to existing one story building including atelier, laundry, bathrm & storage area. Building new gge on existing slab with the minor dwg above, including bathrm, kitchenette & open living-sleeping area.
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Springfield
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Springfield?
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.