Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glenwood
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 Glenwood itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,360 consents we hold in Glenwood, 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 Glenwood’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 Glenwood
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Glenwood. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 2 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 Glenwood
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,360 from 11 Mar 1993 to 17 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 heating58
11 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions30
3 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Garages, sheds and carports11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- New commercial buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- Multiple homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $258k
- Retaining walls2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Other new buildings2
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $2,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $644kErect Two Dwellings Units with Attached Garages 5 Rata Place
- $551kNew dwg 34 Pukatea Street
- $495kRbw - reclad - partial reclad proposed to existing dwg, with new bevel back timber weatherboards over cavity, new aluminium joinery & new lower roof. Existing brick veneer & joinery within br 36 Glenwood Avenue
- $75kAddition & Alteration 326 Wai-Iti Road
- $30kErect Garage 116 Morgans Road
1,360 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$75k
Addition & Alteration
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect Garage
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$495k
Rbw - reclad - partial reclad proposed to existing dwg, with new bevel back timber weatherboards over cavity, new aluminium joinery & new lower roof. Existing brick veneer & joinery within br
- Multiple homes$644k
Erect Two Dwellings Units with Attached Garages
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Sanitary Fixtures Updated & B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new metro smart insert clean air wood fire with 4.2m eco insert flue kit
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Coleridge Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Cashmere Ped Freestanding Woodburner
- Retaining walls$20k
Install drainage & water for subdivision/erect retaining wall
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Alter Drainage
- New homes$551k
New dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad Ultra Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Coleridge Pedestal Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$18.3m
Erect Building (Stadium)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND Foundation
- Fires and heating$18k
Alterations (Walls) & Install Champion Tria Plus Pellet
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glenwood?
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.