Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Normanby
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 Normanby, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 223 consents we hold in Normanby, 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 Normanby’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 Normanby
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Normanby sits in (Fairview) — 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 Normanby
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 223 from 17 Jun 1993 to 30 Sep 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.
- Alterations and additions8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $102k
- New homes6
typically $503k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Farm buildings3
typically $40k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $225k
- Insulation1
typically $30k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $110kShed house build 137 Ellis Road
- $30kR1 - alt to existing single-storey detached dwg. 12 William Street
- $5,000Install Yunca Xander Rural Inbuilt Woodburner 27 Normanby Road
- $5,000Remove load bearing walls to create open plan kitchen & dining in dwg 25 Normanby Road
223 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Xander Rural Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Remove load bearing walls to create open plan kitchen & dining in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$110k
Shed house build
- Alterations and additions$30k
R1 - alt to existing single-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$503k
Erect Dwelling & Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII WB Freestanding
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Wanaka Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$10k
AMEND Dwelling Alterations (Including Bathroom & Kitchenette)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman Dry MK II Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$300k
LAPSED - Dwelling Addition (Second Storey) & Alterations
- Alterations and additions
AMEND (Altered Plans-Construction Details)
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations (3 Windows in Basement)
- Alterations and additions$300k
Addition (Bedroom-WIR-Bathroom-Study) & Alterations
- Insulation$30k
AMEND Changes to Insulation-Colorsteel-Internal Linings Bracing
- Relocated buildings$30k
Amend (siting/foundations/services for relocatable dwg & install woodsman serene freestanding woodburner)
- Farm buildings$2,000
AMEND Erect Pole Shed - (Bathroom)
- Garages, sheds and carports$102k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Firenzo Lady Kitchener Ultra Freestanding Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$225k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling & Install Woodsman
- Relocated buildings$400k
Erect Relocatable Dwelling & Siting/Services/Foundations & Install
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage (Alter Bracing)
- New homes$650k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tasman MK III
- Garages, sheds and carports$750k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports
AMEND Dwelling Additions (Carport & Bedroom) & Alterations (B2
- Farm buildings$60k
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$40k
Erect Pole Shed
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Normanby?
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.