Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Parkside
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 Parkside itself, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 2,409 consents we hold in Parkside, 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 Parkside’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 Parkside
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Parkside. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 4 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 Parkside
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2,409 from 26 Mar 1993 to 13 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 heating59
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions45
7 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Commercial alterations24
7 in the last 12 months · typically $280k
- New homes15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $335k
- Relocated buildings9
typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
typically $30k
- Retaining walls4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Multiple homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $425k
- Other new buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $120k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $758k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mBuilding Additions & Alterations (Linking Two Existing Buildings with 2 King Street
- $1.1mBuilding Addition & Alteration (Facade & Link Building) - Stage 2 18 Stafford Street
- $1mBuilding Alterations (TGHS Gymnasium) 1 Buchanan Street
- $975kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Masport Matakana 1200 15A Wellington Street
- $680kBuilding Addition (Workshop) 11 Heaton Street
2,409 consents
- Retaining walls$50k
Erect Retaining Wall
- Multiple homes$600k
Erect Four Dwelling Units
- Commercial alterations$1.1m
Building Addition & Alteration (Facade & Link Building) - Stage 2
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Clutha Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$65k
Alterations (Kitchen & Bathroom)
- Commercial alterations$30k
Install Services (Upgrade)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Beveled Inbuilt Woodburner
- Commercial alterations$1m
Building Alterations (TGHS Gymnasium)
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alteration (Ensuite)
- Commercial alterations$680k
Building Addition (Workshop)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND - B2 Modification
- Commercial alterations$370k
Building Alterations (Admin Block - South School)
- Commercial alterations$1.5m
Building Additions & Alterations (Linking Two Existing Buildings with
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene WB Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- New homes$975k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Masport Matakana 1200
- Commercial alterations$25k
Building Alterations (Accessible Toilets)
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Near Parkside
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Parkside?
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.