Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Orton
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 Orton, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 209 consents we hold in Orton, 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 Orton’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 Orton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Orton 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 Orton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 209 from 28 May 1993 to 8 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.
- Fires and heating8
typically $5,000
- Farm buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $68k
- New homes3
typically $490k
- Alterations and additions3
typically $148k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $183k
- Other new buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $150k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550kErect Dairy Shed 477 Newland Road
- $280kAddition (Erect Lean To) 42 Milton Road
- $100kErect Two Pole Sheds 477 Newland Road
209 consents
- Other new buildings$100k
Erect Two Pole Sheds
- Commercial alterations$280k
Addition (Erect Lean To)
- Farm buildings$550k
Erect Dairy Shed
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations (Bathroom/Laundry & Covered Patio)
- Farm buildings$50k
Erect 4 Bay Pole Shed
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Scullery & Porch Removed-Kitchen Reverted-Laundry Bathroom & Bed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman MKII Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$490k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install WWTS
- New homes$540k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
AMEND Add Shower & Amend Drainage Layout
- Other new buildings
AMEND (B2 Modification)
- Commercial alterations$85k
Building Addition (Laundry) & Change of Use (Office to Workers
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman MK II Freestanding Woodburner (#159)
- Alterations and additions$250k
Additions & Alterations/Install The Fire Dept. WD2-900
- New commercial buildings$250k
Erect Shed
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$60k
Alterations (Deck)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Eco Smart Inbuilt Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$50k
Erect Shed (Corner Badham & Bary Rds)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Xander Inbuilt Woodburner (448 Old Main South Road)
- Farm buildings$50k
Erect Implement Shed (183 Ruddenklau Road)
- New homes$210k
Erect Dwelling & Farm Shed
- Farm buildings$80k
Erect Farm Shed (741 Chalmers Road)
- Relocated buildings$35k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling
- Relocated buildings
AMEND - Siting/Services/Foundations for Relocatable Dwelling with
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman ECR NoVo Freestanding Woodburner
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Near Orton
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Orton?
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.