Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Stratford
40 new homes were consented in the Stratford District council area in the year to September 2026, up 21% on the year before. They also consented $8.3m of non-residential building work, down 17% on the year before. Below: 630 consents we hold in Stratford, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Stratford District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Stratford 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 77 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 — Stratford 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$3.2m
16 buildings · 5,885 m² new floor area · $536/m² new · +102% on the year before
- Offices$2.5m
−65% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
1 building · 176 m² new floor area · $1,591/m² new · +629% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$517k
1 building · 90 m² new floor area · $3,000/m² new · +223% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$119k
−85% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$100k
+1329% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$100k
- Hospitals and health$60k
−40% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$10k
Consents on record in Stratford
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 630 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 heating153
27 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions96
21 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- New homes55
13 in the last 12 months · typically $420k
- Garages, sheds and carports41
7 in the last 12 months · typically $53k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater20
5 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Relocated buildings11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- Insulation10
typically $8,666
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Commercial alterations5
typically $35k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5m15 new one & two bdrm dwg units including combined dwg 36 Margaret Street, Stratford
- $735kAlterations & additions to exising dwg - rec 79 Barleymans Road, Te Popo
- $700kNew detached dwg with attached gge & rin , Stratford
- $650kDwg with attached gge & logburner 18 kelly St Rangiora lot 174 dp 617648 18 Kelly Street, Midhirst
- $578kOnsite services & geotechnical construction moni 115 Mercade Close, Stratford
630 consents
- Demolition$80k
Demolish lean-to, extend dwg to create open plan kitchen, dining & living area
- New homes$300k
Dwg with gas fire 7 broadway Ave Waikuku Beach lot 123 dp 71285
- Garages, sheds and carports$126k
Gge 64 warwick Rd Mandeville North lot 111 dp 458942
- Fires and heating$6,400
installation of solid wood burner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
New timber-framed veranda with roofing & skylight
- Alterations and additions$50k
Dwg alterations: reconfigure kitchen, new win
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to existing dwg bathrm & instal
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad base (ecan/mfe #152162) fire
- Alterations and additions$10k
Install firenzo contessa leg rur fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Il1 unlined gge
- New homes$403k
Single unit dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$11k
Install firenzo kompact ag (ecan mfe #122076) inse
- New homes$403k
Single unit dwg with attached gge & shar
- Fires and heating$11k
R1 - minor works - install pyro mini freestanding woodburner in dining room.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing metro wee rad leg woodburner & metro eco flue kit with sloping ceiling kit & dektite soaker flashing. 3-4mm steel hearth.
- Fires and heating$9,000
Installation of metro xtreme rad base
- New homes$425k
Dwg with attached gge 10 cordelia St Kaiapoi lot 368 dp 623830
- New homes$455k
Dwg with attached gge 8 cordelia St Kaiapoi lot 369 dp 623830
- New homes$405k
Dwg with attached gge 4 cordelia St Kaiapoi lot 371 dp 623830
- Alterations and additions$735k
Alterations & additions to exising dwg - rec
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Install 2 exterior doors & 2 internal doors
- Fires and heating$7,900
Install metro micro rad uleb (ecan #253925) fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install metro wee rad base (ecan/mfe #152162) fire
- Fires and heating$10k
Install metro xtreme rad woody sfh with wetback (e
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations - modify existing ensuite, re
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Stratford
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Stratford?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 40 new homes consented in the Stratford District council area, with $23.3m of residential and $8.3m 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.