Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kensington
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 Kensington itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,289 consents we hold in Kensington, 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 Kensington’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 Kensington
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Kensington (Timaru District). In the year to September 2026: 3 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 Kensington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,289 from 26 Mar 1993 to 16 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.
- Fires and heating46
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions21
7 in the last 12 months · typically $32k
- New homes13
4 in the last 12 months · typically $394k
- Garages, sheds and carports8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $90k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $140k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $5,500
- Multiple homes2
typically $740k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New commercial buildings1
typically $4,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 7A Flinders Street
- $550kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 28 Otipua Road
- $474kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- $350kErect Dwelling 5 Brenda Street
- $120kAlterations 13 Angland Avenue
1,289 consents
- New homes$550k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Alterations (Laundry/Bathroom)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Petite Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$350k
Erect Dwelling
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Alteration (Add Toilet/Vanity)
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations to dwg. Upgrade existing water closet & add new handbasin. In bathrm remove existing bath. Install new accessible toilet - basin & handrail. Install new acrylic shower (non ac
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Beveled Inbuilt Woodburner
- New homes$550k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Fires and heating
AMEND Change Woodburner to Woodsman Serene Wetback Freestanding
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations
- Alterations and additions$32k
Rbw bathrm alt to add w/c & wet floor shower
- Alterations and additions$120k
Alterations
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- New homes$474k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Ash ULEB Freestanding Woodburner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$5,000
Alterations (Deck)
- Alterations and additions$35k
Alteration (Bathroom & Gas Hot Water)
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$140k
Erect Garage/Sleepout
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s maxen kinmont 450-p solid fuel burner (replacement)
- New homes$394k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kensington?
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.