Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Seaview
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 Seaview itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,604 consents we hold in Seaview, 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 Seaview’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 Seaview
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Seaview. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 Seaview
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,604 from 18 Mar 1993 to 29 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 heating46
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions44
11 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes15
typically $380k
- Garages, sheds and carports9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Multiple homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $785k
- Other new buildings3
1 in the last 12 months
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
typically $50k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.2m
- Retaining walls2
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kConstruction of 4 attached dwgs in two buildings 49 Arthur Street
- $550kBuilding Addition & Alterations 104 Le Cren Street
- $500kBuilding Alterations (Internal Fit-out - CityFitness) 129 Church Street
- $500kBuilding Alterations 129 Church Street
- $400kErect Two Dwellings with Attached Garages 18 Cameron Street
1,604 consents
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Multiple homes$400k
Erect Two Dwellings with Attached Garages
- Alterations and additions
AMEND - B2 Modification
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Waimakariri ASH Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alterations
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Alteration (Bathroom/Laundry)
- Relocated buildings$20k
Relocate existing 4 bdrm house within site
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to aba-2003-301507 - alt internal layout of dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene WB Freestanding Woodburner
- Multiple homes$900k
Construction of 4 attached dwgs in two buildings
- Alterations and additions$175k
Additions and Alterations
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Convert gamesroom into second dwg convert carport into
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Ruby Freestanding Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$143k
Erect proposed new gge with bathrm
- Commercial alterations$550k
Building Addition & Alterations
- Fit-outs$500k
Building Alterations (Internal Fit-out - CityFitness)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Clutha Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alterations (Internal Wall Removal/New Beam/Bathroom)
- Alterations and additions$500k
Building Alterations
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Seaview?
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.