Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Parkside
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: 199 commercial 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.
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 Parkside
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 199 from 30 Sep 1993 to 3 Aug 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.
- Commercial alterations24
7 in the last 12 months · typically $280k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $758k
- Fit-outs2
typically $800k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $110k
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
- $680kBuilding Addition (Workshop) 11 Heaton Street
- $370kBuilding Alterations (Admin Block - South School) 44 Queen Street
199 consents
- Commercial alterations$1.1m
Building Addition & Alteration (Facade & Link Building) - Stage 2
- Commercial alterations$30k
Install Services (Upgrade)
- Commercial alterations$1m
Building Alterations (TGHS Gymnasium)
- Commercial alterations$680k
Building Addition (Workshop)
- Commercial alterations$370k
Building Alterations (Admin Block - South School)
- Commercial alterations$1.5m
Building Additions & Alterations (Linking Two Existing Buildings with
- Commercial alterations$25k
Building Alterations (Accessible Toilets)
- Commercial alterations$50k
Building Alterations (Classroom Partial Wall Removal
- Commercial alterations$40k
Building Alteration (Upgrade Fire Alarm Control Panel & Sounder
- Commercial alterations$350k
Building Addition (Canopy) & Alterations (Toilets)
- Commercial alterations$1.4m
Building Addition & Alterations (Admin Block)
- New commercial buildings$1.5m
Erect Building (Classroom Block)
- Commercial alterations$4,000
AMEND Commercial Alterations (Boilers) - (Altered Plans)
- Commercial alterations$50k
Commercial Alterations (Boilers)
- Commercial alterations$120k
Building Alterations (Create Classroom)
- Commercial alterations$7,500
Building Alteration (Structural Strengthening)
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Building Alteration (Alter Office Details)
- Relocated buildings$200k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Building (Toilet Block)
- Relocated buildings$20k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Dwelling
- Commercial alterations$210k
Building Alterations (Refit)
- Commercial alterations$20k
AMEND Building Addition (AT&R Facility) (Add Fire Sprinkler Valve Room
- Commercial alterations$360k
Building Alterations (Block 4)
- Fit-outs$1m
Building Alterations (EQ Strengthening) & Internal Fitout
- Fit-outs$600k
Building Alteration (Dentist Fit-out)
- Commercial alterations$700k
Building Additions & Alterations (Maguire Block)
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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.