Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Oceanview
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 Oceanview, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 676 consents we hold in Oceanview, 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 Oceanview’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 Oceanview
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Oceanview sits in (Washdyke) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Oceanview
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 676 from 22 Mar 1993 to 5 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.
- New homes44
4 in the last 12 months · typically $418k
- Fires and heating21
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $53k
- Retaining walls3
typically $190k
- Other new buildings2
1 in the last 12 months
- New commercial buildings2
typically $53k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $132k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $422kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 10 Winston Place
- $415kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 2 Winston Place
- $392kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 12 Winston Place
- $350kErect Dwelling & Install Woodsman Coleridge (Leg) Freestanding 21 Mahoneys Hill Road
- $65kInstall septic system 17 Cook Street
676 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Pyro Classic Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Firenzo Lady Kitchener Ultra Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Champion Ena Plus Freestanding Pellet Burner
- New homes$392k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$65k
Install septic system
- Fires and heating$4,100
Replace existing pot belly burner with a masport arcadia cast iron wood burner
- New homes$422k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Ultra Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$415k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$37k
Erect Garage
- Alterations and additions$10k
Minor renovation of existing storage room to new ensuite
- New homes$350k
Erect Dwelling & Install Woodsman Coleridge (Leg) Freestanding
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- New homes$511k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- New homes$461k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Retaining walls
AMEND (Retaining Wall)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Cargill 350-D Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Champion Tria Plus Freestanding Pellet Burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen cargill 350-d freestanding woodburner
- New homes$350k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- New homes$511k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- New homes$430k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- New homes$507k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Addition (Conservatory) & Alterations (Bathroom)
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Near Oceanview
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Oceanview?
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.