Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Matau
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. In the statistical area around Matau, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 3 consents we hold in Matau, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Matau’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Matau
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Matau sits in (Douglas) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
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 Matau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3 from 1 Mar 2022 to 1 May 2022. 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.
- Alterations and additions2
typically $10k
- Fires and heating1
typically $5,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
3 consents
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install woodsman Totara insert fire (no wetback)
- Alterations and additions$500
Amendment 1 - remove chimney to just below roof level & install chim
- Alterations and additions$20k
Minor alterations - bathrm
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Near Matau
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Matau?
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.