Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waitohi
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 Waitohi, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 247 consents we hold in Waitohi, 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 Waitohi’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 Waitohi
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waitohi 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 Waitohi
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 247 from 3 May 1993 to 5 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.
- Alterations and additions7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Fires and heating7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Farm buildings4
typically $47k
- Other new buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $78k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $40k
- New homes2
typically $240k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $16k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $117k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $36k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $550k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5,000Install Masport Osburn 1600 Freestanding Woodburner 783 Waitohi Temuka Road
- $5,000Install Masport Kaituna Freestanding Woodburner 147 Seven Sisters Road
247 consents
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Osburn 1600 Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Other new buildings
AMEND - B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$36k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Lodge 1 - replacement of woodburner into kent cadrona on existing hearth, new flue, new dektite & flashing
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$110k
Addition & Alteration (Bedroom)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Minor Cladding Change (Schist to Colorsteel) Dining Area &
- Other new buildings$5,000
AMEND Gas Hot Water / Revised Pile Layout
- Relocated buildings$5,000
Amend - sitings/foundations/services for relocatable dwg - (altered plans)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman DI 80 Inbuilt Diesel Burner
- Alterations and additions$240k
Addition (Bedroom)
- Relocated buildings$431k
Erect Relocatable Dwelling (GD24-010) (Genius) - Siting/Foundation/
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$550k
Addition & Alterations/Install Stovax Studio 2 Freestanding
- Farm buildings$64k
Erect Pole Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Ped Freestanding Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$40k
Sitings/Foundations/Services & Install WWTS for Relocatable Dwelling
- Other new buildings$150k
Install Stock Underpass (Corner Moore & Young Rds)
- Alterations and additions$65k
Additions & Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Xander Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras Dry MK III Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$17k
Install Septic Tank
- New homes$80k
Erect Pool House
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitohi?
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.