Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Levels
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 Levels, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 821 consents we hold in Levels, 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 Levels’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 Levels
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Levels 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 Levels
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 821 from 18 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.
- Fires and heating29
7 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $520k
- Garages, sheds and carports16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Alterations and additions15
3 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Relocated buildings9
3 in the last 12 months · typically $250k
- Other new buildings7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New commercial buildings7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $29k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Pools and spas2
typically $70k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $950k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kAdditions & Alterations & Relocate Woodburner 53 Foley Road
- $450kSiting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling/Dwelling 36 Falvey Road
- $380kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Wee Rad Woody 104 Acacia Drive
- $300kErect Relocatable Building 26 Kennels Road
- $180kAddition (Bedroom) & Alterations & Install Maxen Henley 70 Acacia Drive
821 consents
- Relocated buildings$100k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling & Dwelling
- Relocated buildings$300k
Erect Relocatable Building
- Fires and heating$700k
Additions & Alterations & Relocate Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$450k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling/Dwelling
- New commercial buildings$20k
Install Wastewater Treatment System
- Other new buildings
AMEND Add Bathroom
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend add bathrm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install wastewater treatment system
- New homes$380k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Wee Rad Woody
- Fires and heating$65k
Alterations & Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Freestanding
- Fires and heating$5,000
AMEND Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install Maxen Forbury 550 Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$180k
Addition (Bedroom) & Alterations & Install Maxen Henley
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect Garage
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30P Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$117k
Erect Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Alteration (Garage)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Cashmere Pedestal Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alterations (Ensuite)
- Other new buildings
AMEND Flashings (Mechanical to Glued)
- Other new buildings$1m
Siting/Foundations/Services for Portacom & Erect Navigation Beacon
- Relocated buildings$10k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling & Install Grey
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman MKII Freestanding Woodburner
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Levels?
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.