Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Oceanview
Councils consented $112m of non-residential building work in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, up 78% on the year before. Below: 34 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Oceanview
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 14 Jul 1993 to 29 Mar 2024. 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 commercial buildings2
typically $53k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $132k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
34 consents
- New commercial buildings
AMEND - Erect Shed & Garage - (B2 Modification)
- Commercial alterations$132k
Install services
- New commercial buildings$53k
Install Services
- Commercial alterations$15k
Install services
- Commercial alterations$20k
Install services
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Install services
- New commercial buildings$5,000
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$80k
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$15k
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$33k
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$70k
Erect Shed & Garage
- Commercial alterations$4,750
Install Services (Divert Existing Foulwater)
- New commercial buildings$5,000
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$58k
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$59k
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$2,800
Install Services
- New commercial buildings$23k
Erect Storage Shed
- New commercial buildings$410k
Erect Building
- Commercial alterations$60k
AMEND Building Addition
- New commercial buildings$35k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Erect Two Storage Buildings (Wall Cladding)
- New commercial buildings$400k
Erect Building (Warehouse/store/office)
- Commercial alterations$30k
Building Alterations (Offices Harvey Norman)
- Commercial alterations$500k
Retail Warehouse Additions (Harvey Norman)
- New commercial buildings$24k
Erect Garage/Workshop
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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.