Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Thames
Councils consented $11.6m of non-residential building work in the Thames-Coromandel District council area in the year to September 2026, down 65% on the year before. Below: 6 commercial consents we hold in Thames, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Thames-Coromandel District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Thames-Coromandel 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.
- Hospitals and health$2.4m
1 building · 404 m² new floor area · $4,950/m² new · +1646% on the year before
- Offices$2.2m
2 buildings · 805 m² new floor area · $2,559/m² new · +491% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.7m
16 buildings · 2,415 m² new floor area · $678/m² new · +52% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.7m
3 buildings · 1,154 m² new floor area · $1,473/m² new · +105% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
−64% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.1m
1 building · 195 m² new floor area · $469/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$800k
1 building · 420 m² new floor area · $1,905/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$394k
1 building · 73 m² new floor area · $2,877/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$10k
−100% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Thames
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 May 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.
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $625k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $70kAlterations/additions to existing hall add kitchen, bathrm & 2 x bedrooms to davy St flat. Convert wc & office to bedrooms, other wc to bathrm in brown St flat. 504 Brown Street
6 consents
- Commercial alterations$70k
Alterations/additions to existing hall add kitchen, bathrm & 2 x bedrooms to davy St flat. Convert wc & office to bedrooms, other wc to bathrm in brown St flat.
- New commercial buildings$625k
Rbw - two new two-storey townhouses, each with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan kitchen & living, & office. Connect to town sewer, stormwater to on-site soakage.
- Commercial alterations$10k
Install bathrm & septic sysytem into workshop
- New commercial buildings$600k
New 1 bdrm 2.5 bathrm dwg with studio & office in roof space. Attached single gge.
- New commercial buildings$489k
Construction of a two bdrm, 1 music room, 1 office domestic dwg with an attached dbl gge
- Commercial alterations$90k
New detached gge. Lower floor is a new masonry basement/gge. The upper level has a new open plan office space.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Thames?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 161 new homes consented in the Thames-Coromandel District council area, with $163m of residential and $11.6m 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.