Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pareora West
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 Pareora West, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 280 consents we hold in Pareora West, 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 Pareora West’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 Pareora West
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Pareora West 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 Pareora West
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 280 from 11 Mar 1993 to 2 Nov 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 heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New commercial buildings4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $118k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $154k
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $150k
- New homes1
- Other new buildings1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mErect Shed 214 Beaconsfield Flat Road
- $152kErect Building (Library) 40 Guscott Road
- $83kErect Shed 214 Beaconsfield Flat Road
- $45kAlterations 1127 Beaconsfield Road
- $5,000Install Woodsman Tarras Dry MKIII Freestanding Woodburner 63 Brasell Road
280 consents
- New commercial buildings$2m
Erect Shed
- New commercial buildings$152k
Erect Building (Library)
- New commercial buildings$83k
Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras Dry MKIII Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Erect Shed (Composting Barn)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Wegj 2000 Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman MKII Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Monte Rural Leg WB Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Commercial alterations
AMEND (Swap Concrete Terrace to Timber Deck and Alter Layout)
- New commercial buildings$35k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations$150k
Building Alterations (Terrace & Veranda)
- Garages, sheds and carports$7,000
Alterations (Garage)
- Alterations and additions$35k
Addition (Bedroom)
- Garages, sheds and carports
AMEND - Erect Stables & Carport (B2 Durability)
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tarras
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport r5000 ped freestanding woodburner
- New homes$520k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tarras MK III
- Garages, sheds and carports$53k
Erect gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport R5000P Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman Tarras mk iii freestanding wetback woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$37k
Erect gge
- Commercial alterations$60k
Building Addition
- New homes$250k
Erect Dwelling & Shed / Install Woodsman Tasman Freestanding
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pareora West?
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.