Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kerrytown
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 Kerrytown, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 427 consents we hold in Kerrytown, 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 Kerrytown’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 Kerrytown
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kerrytown sits in (Levels) — 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 Kerrytown
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 427 from 11 May 1993 to 1 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 heating14
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New commercial buildings4
4 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Commercial alterations4
typically $515k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $52k
- Pools and spas2
typically $55k
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
- Relocated buildings1
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
- $200kAddition 271 Foley Road
- $80kErect Shed (Office & Bathroom)/Install WWTS 184 Kerrytown Road
- $20kInstall Wastewater Treatment System
- $5,000Install Maxen Kinmont 350H-P Wetback Freestanding Woodburner 63 Kerrytown Road
- $5,000Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner 8 Arowhenua Station Road
427 consents
- New commercial buildings$20k
Install Wastewater Treatment System
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 350H-P Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$80k
Erect Shed (Office & Bathroom)/Install WWTS
- Alterations and additions$200k
Addition
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Chinook 30 Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes
AMEND Remove One Dwelling & B2 Modification
- New commercial buildings
AMEND - B2 Modification
- New commercial buildings
AMEND - B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Chinook CK20.NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras Dry MK III Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunka Monte Multi Fuel Freestanding Woodburner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs
AMEND (Alter Verandah)
- Pools and spas$40k
Install Swimming Pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$63k
Erect Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Jayline FR300 Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$140k
Addition (Bedroom & Ensuite)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras Dry MK III Freestanding Woodburner
- Commercial alterations$20k
Building Addition
- Alterations and additions$20k
Building add
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$50k
AMEND Dwelling Additions & Install Stovax Studio Duplex Inbuilt
- Commercial alterations$2m
Building Alterations (Earthquake Strengthening) (Urea Store 5)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad (Leg) Freestanding Woodburner
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Near Kerrytown
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kerrytown?
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.