Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Temuka
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. Below: 6,754 consents we hold in Temuka, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Timaru 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% on the year before
Consents on record in Temuka
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6,754 from 24 Feb 1993 to 27 Oct 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 heating267
59 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions112
24 in the last 12 months · typically $29k
- New homes99
19 in the last 12 months · typically $470k
- Garages, sheds and carports64
11 in the last 12 months · typically $49k
- Commercial alterations43
13 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- New commercial buildings37
7 in the last 12 months · typically $64k
- Other new buildings30
13 in the last 12 months · typically $32k
- Relocated buildings29
7 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Farm buildings19
4 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Multiple homes13
4 in the last 12 months · typically $1.4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $7.2mBuilding Addition & Alterations (Butter Factory) 6 Rolleston Road, Clandeboye
- $6mBuilding Addition Lactose Dryer and Evaporator Superstructure 6 Rolleston Road, Clandeboye
- $5.5mR2 - stage 5 - 43x new detached dwgs. 26 Donald Street, Temuka
- $3mBuilding Alteration (Install Lift & Stair/Exterior Cladding - WPC) 6 Rolleston Road, Clandeboye
- $3mRbw - the development consists of two blocks to be used for social housing. Block a of the development is a duplex unit (single level) while block b consists of eight units across two levels. All unit 76 Princes Street, Temuka
6,754 consents
- New homes$250k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Wastewater Treatment
- Alterations and additions$20k
Install Services
- Commercial alterations$6m
Building Addition Lactose Dryer and Evaporator Superstructure
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Alter Bathrooms and Replace Cladding
- Fires and heating$85k
Alterations & Install Metro Ultra Xtreme Rad Freestanding
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Farm buildings$80k
Building Addition (Pole Shed)
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Erect Garage
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alterations (Kitchen)
- Commercial alterations$2.5m
Install Services / Foundations - Lactose Processing Plant (Stage 1)
- New commercial buildings$1m
Erect Building (Administration Block 12) & Building Alterations (Block
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$1.2m
Addition & Alteration & Install Escea TC970 MK2 Inbuilt
- Other new buildings$18k
Erect Marquee (09/09/2026 - 21/09/2026)
- Alterations and additions$150k
Additions & Alterations & Install Ravelli Elena RV100
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$28k
Addition & Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 450-P Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Erect Garage/Workshop
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Champion Ena Plus Freestanding Pellet Burner
- Other new buildings
AMEND Update Truss Layout / Install Underfloor Heating / Update H1
- Pools and spas$5,000
Erect Swimming Pool Fence
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Temuka
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Temuka?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.