Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Fairview
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 Fairview, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 496 consents we hold in Fairview, 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 Fairview’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 Fairview
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Fairview sits in (Fairview) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Fairview
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 496 from 17 May 1993 to 25 Jun 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 heating18
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $119k
- New homes4
typically $925k
- New commercial buildings3
typically $750k
- Pools and spas3
typically $1,000
- Farm buildings2
typically $114k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $23k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $138kErect Garage 322 Fairview Road
- $40kAlteration (Bathroom) 96 Fairview Road
- $5,000Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30P. NZ Freestanding Woodburner 191 Beaconsfield Road
- $5,000Install blaze king sirocco sc30p. NZ freestanding woodburner 253 Beaconsfield Road
- $5,000Install Maxen Cargill 350 Freestanding Woodburner 308 Fairview Road
496 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$138k
Erect Garage
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alteration (Bathroom)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30P. NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install blaze king sirocco sc30p. NZ freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 350P Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Cargill 350 Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$138k
Erect Garage
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 450-P Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman MKII Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$69k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Xander Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations (Ensuite)
- Garages, sheds and carports$400k
Proposed new stand-alone 4 x car gge outbuildings
- Fires and heating$40k
AMEND Cladding-Louvre-Install Outdoor Escea Woodburner
- Fires and heating$40k
Addition (Living) & Install Woodsman Tarras MK III
- New homes$650k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tarras MK III
- Pools and spas$1,000
Alterations (Pool Access)
- Pools and spas$1,000
Dwg alterations (pool access)
- New homes$1.2m
Demolish Dwelling & Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage/Install
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman Dry MK II Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations (Ensuite & Wardrobe)
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Erect Garage
- Alterations and additions$4,000
AMEND Dwelling Alterations (Hot Water Cylinder)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Jayline Spitfire Freestanding Woodburner
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Near Fairview
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Fairview?
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.