Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in St. Arnaud
280 new homes were consented in the Tasman District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $142m of non-residential building work, up 81% on the year before. Below: 51 consents we hold in St. Arnaud, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tasman District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tasman 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 661 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tasman 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$45.8m
7 buildings · 9,720 m² new floor area · $4,131/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$27.8m
2 buildings · 4,226 m² new floor area · $6,425/m² new · +4320% on the year before
- Education$20.6m
1 building · 1,160 m² new floor area · $13,793/m² new · +458% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15m
6 buildings · 7,502 m² new floor area · $1,882/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9.3m
2 buildings · 1,979 m² new floor area · $4,118/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Offices$7.5m
3 buildings · 776 m² new floor area · $5,528/m² new · +126% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.7m
19 buildings · 8,768 m² new floor area · $575/m² new · +185% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5.1m
3 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,981/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$4.6m
3 buildings · 1,230 m² new floor area · $3,541/m² new · +151% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$610k
1 building · 132 m² new floor area · $3,485/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in St. Arnaud
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 51 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jul 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.
- New homes7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $460k
- Fires and heating7
typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports6
typically $38k
- Alterations and additions3
typically $50k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $400k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $400kRelocate 2 classrooms to form 1 dwg 189 Kohatu-Kawatiri Highway, Motupiko
- $400kConstruct dwg with freestanding wood burner 47 Beech Hill Rise, St. Arnaud
- $300kConstruct dwg with freestanding woodburner 15 Brookvale Drive, St. Arnaud
51 consents
- Relocated buildings$400k
Relocate 2 classrooms to form 1 dwg
- New homes$400k
Construct dwg with freestanding wood burner
- New homes$300k
Construct dwg with freestanding woodburner
- New homes$300k
3 bdrm 99.9m2 dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New heating appliance
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Construction of one discharge wastewater manhole. This is connect to the public gravity network approved under epa eng60452206.
- New homes$465k
Rbw - lot2 . New single storey dwg, including four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, living, dining, kitchen, laundry, carport, public & private drainage.
- New homes$460k
Rbw- (lot 1) new single storey dwg including 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc, living, dining, kitchen, laundry, carport, public & private drainage.
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Construct pole shed
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Alterations and additions$330k
Internal & external alterations
- Alterations and additions$50k
Replace cladding, windows & doors
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman kanaku uleb, dry, freestanding, woodburner, cac-223218
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Extend the gge & construct an attached carport
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construct detached gge
- New homes$620k
Construct new dwg with freestanding wood burner
- New homes$1.7m
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Install bathrm into existing shed & new wastewater
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding wood burner oven
- Fires and heating$10k
Install freestanding wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Construct shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Construct gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install jayline freestanding wood burner
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Suburbs in St. Arnaud
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in St. Arnaud?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 280 new homes consented in the Tasman District council area, with $166m of residential and $142m 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.