Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Highfield
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 Highfield itself, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 3,407 consents we hold in Highfield, 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 Highfield’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 Highfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Highfield North, Highfield South. 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 Highfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3,407 from 13 Mar 1993 to 21 Oct 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 additions106
18 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Fires and heating97
23 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes51
4 in the last 12 months · typically $495k
- Garages, sheds and carports21
2 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Commercial alterations15
2 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
- Retaining walls9
typically $30k
- Other new buildings7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Multiple homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.2m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New commercial buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.3mConstruction of 8 attached dwgs in 3 buildings 5 Chaucer Street
- $1.8mBuilding Addition & Alterations (West Watson Block) 1-3 Wrights Avenue
- $1.2mAdditions & Alterations/Remove Existing Carport & Erect 157 Douglas Street
- $424kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 247C Otipua Road
- $417kNew dwg with attached gge 47 Douglas Street
3,407 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Erect Shed
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
AMEND Erect Deck
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$10k
Alterations (Bathroom)
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Alterations (Laundry)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Ravelli Rosa R70 Freestanding Pellet Burner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$50k
Alterations & Install Masport Clutha Freestanding Woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Install septic system
- Multiple homes$2.3m
Construction of 8 attached dwgs in 3 buildings
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Waimakariri ASH Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alteration
- Alterations and additions$150k
Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen St Clair 350-W Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Kanaku Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30P. NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Kanaku Freestanding Woodburner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$2,000
Building Alterations (Repair Foundation)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Waimakariri ASH Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Fire Rating & Boundary Siting Changes
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Highfield?
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.