Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Levels Valley
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 Valley, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 509 consents we hold in Levels Valley, 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 Valley’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 Valley
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Levels Valley sits in (Levels Valley) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 11 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 Valley
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 509 from 27 Mar 1993 to 5 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 heating20
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports12
1 in the last 12 months · typically $52k
- Alterations and additions9
4 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- New homes9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $525k
- Other new buildings4
1 in the last 12 months
- New commercial buildings4
typically $90k
- Farm buildings2
typically $90k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $110k
- Multiple homes1
typically $2.5m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $806kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Ambie Plus WB 126 Driscoll Road
- $500kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install… 730 Levels Valley Road
- $80kAddition & Alteration (Living/Dining/Kitchen) 69 Keane Road
- $75kAlterations 426 Doake Road
- $54kErect Garage 131 Driscoll Road
509 consents
- Alterations and additions$80k
Addition & Alteration (Living/Dining/Kitchen)
- New homes$500k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install…
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro LTD Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30P. NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Osburn 1600 Dry Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Wegj 2000 Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$806k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro Ambie Plus WB
- Garages, sheds and carports$54k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Mega Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND - B2 Modification
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Rural Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- New commercial buildings
AMEND - B2 Amendment Modification
- Other new buildings
AMEND - B2 Amendment Modification
- New commercial buildings$90k
Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Construct eight x two-level, two-bdrm townhouses - retaining walls & stormwater soakage system.
- Garages, sheds and carports$52k
Erect Pole Shed
- New homes$550k
Erect Dwelling
- Garages, sheds and carports$39k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$42k
Erect Shed
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Levels Valley?
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.