Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Salisbury
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 Salisbury, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 155 consents we hold in Salisbury, 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 Salisbury’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 Salisbury
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Salisbury 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 Salisbury
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 155 from 15 Apr 1993 to 16 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 heating5
typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $41k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $617k
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $340k
- Farm 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
- $534kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage 199 Talbot Road
- $100kErect Shed 73 Talbot Road
- $50kReclad upper floor of existing two storey dwg 66 Salisbury Road
- $17kErect Garage 17 Scarborough Road
- $7,500Alterations (Remove Walls & Install Beams) 11 Talbot Road
155 consents
- New commercial buildings$100k
Erect Shed
- New homes$534k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports$17k
Erect Garage
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Reclad upper floor of existing two storey dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Alterations (Remove Walls & Install Beams)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Monte Legs Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$40k
LAPSED - Dwelling Alterations (Bathroom)
- New homes$700k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tasman MK II
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Erect Garage
- Relocated buildings$340k
Erect Relocatable Dwelling (JG21-132)
- Farm buildings
AMEND Erect Implement Shed (B2 - Modification)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install jayline ss200l freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Firenzo Athena Bay AG Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport R5000P Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport r5000 ped freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30L.NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- Commercial alterations$65k
Building Addition (Vehicle Workshop)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro xtreme rad wetback freestanding woodburner
- Commercial alterations$50k
Building Addition (Vehicle Workshop)
- New homes$280k
WITHDRAWN Erect Dwelling with Two Attached Carports
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect Garage
- Farm buildings$50k
Erect Farm Shed
- New commercial buildings$3,500
LAPSED - Install Wastewater Treatment System
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tarras Wetback MK III Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$200
Erect Marquee
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Salisbury?
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.