Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Marchwiel
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 Marchwiel itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 2,848 consents we hold in Marchwiel, 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 Marchwiel’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 Marchwiel
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Marchwiel West, Marchwiel East. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 2 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 Marchwiel
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2,848 from 11 Mar 1993 to 27 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 heating115
18 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions47
12 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- New homes19
5 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Commercial alterations15
typically $275k
- New commercial buildings9
3 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
typically $15k
- Other new buildings4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $4,100
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
3 in the last 12 months · typically $16k
- Multiple homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $670k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3mConstruction of 7 attached dwgs with 6 attached garages in 2 buildings 45 Lindsay Street
- $750kErect Buildings (Commercial Units & Storage Units) 33A Grants Road
- $750kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- $580kErect Dwelling 58 Balmoral Street
- $500kPart Demolish Dwelling & Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage 215 Selwyn Street
2,848 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Ravelli Elena Freestanding Pellet Burner
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC20P.NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Coleridge (Leg) Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations
- New homes$334k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$16k
Alterations (Ensuite)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Beveled Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations (Bathroom/Laundry)
- Multiple homes$3m
Construction of 7 attached dwgs with 6 attached garages in 2 buildings
- Other new buildings$4,100
AMEND B2 Modification
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Civil Works
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alterations (Ensuite & WIR)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Kanaku Wood Box Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Kanaku Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations (Bathroom)
- New homes$314k
Erect Dwelling
- Alterations and additions$16k
Remove wall between living room & kitchen, alt bathrm, install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$20k
Connecting in ground service pipes to 43 Kent St from existing mains connections
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Marchwiel?
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.