Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Milford
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. In the statistical area around Milford, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 361 consents we hold in Milford, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Milford’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Milford
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Milford sits in (Waitohi (Timaru District)) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — 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 Milford
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 361 from 11 Mar 1993 to 10 Sep 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
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $424k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $56k
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Other new buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $32k
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Farm buildings2
typically $85k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mAddition & Alteration & Install Escea TC970 MK2 Inbuilt 693 Milford Clandeboye Road
- $530kErect Dwelling with Attached Carport & Install Pyro Classic WB
- $200kErect Shed 87 MacAulay Road
- $100kErect Shed (with Services) 208 Milford Clandeboye Road
- $5,000Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner 1-9 Wareing Road
361 consents
- Alterations and additions$1.2m
Addition & Alteration & Install Escea TC970 MK2 Inbuilt
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- New commercial buildings$200k
Erect Shed
- New homes$530k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Carport & Install Pyro Classic WB
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Erect Shed (with Services)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Brunner MKII WB Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Brunner MKII Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend b2 modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad WB Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$950k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Blaze King Sirocco
- New commercial buildings$20k
Install Wastewater Treatment System
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect Garage
- Other new buildings$32k
LAPSED Erect Marque 12x30m (12 to 18 February 2025)
- Alterations and additions$150k
Alterations & Install WWTS
- Garages, sheds and carports$34k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Jayline SS200L Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman MK II Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$40k
AMEND Erect Dwelling (Erect Attached Carport)
- New homes$317k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Carport
- Farm buildings$100k
Erect Farm Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$78k
Erect Shed (Replace Damaged Shed)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Milford?
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.