Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Smithfield
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 Smithfield, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 79 consents we hold in Smithfield, 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 Smithfield’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 Smithfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Smithfield sits in (Washdyke) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 Smithfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 79 from 11 May 1993 to 7 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.
- New commercial buildings7
typically $3.9m
- Commercial alterations5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Fit-outs4
typically $100k
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Other new buildings3
typically $300k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $30k
- Insulation1
- Relocated buildings1
typically $45k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $280kBuilding Addition/Alterations (Accessible Entrance/Shop/Chiller) 15 Bridge Road
- $150kBuilding Addition & Alteration (Install Linkway) 50 Bridge Road
- $50kBuilding Addition (Porch) 50 Bridge Road
79 consents
- Commercial alterations$150k
Building Addition & Alteration (Install Linkway)
- Commercial alterations$50k
Building Addition (Porch)
- Commercial alterations$280k
Building Addition/Alterations (Accessible Entrance/Shop/Chiller)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Fire Separations
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Building Alterations (Seismic Strengthening)
- Relocated buildings$45k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Building (Stage one)
- Alterations and additions$20k
Building Alterations (Access Controlled Doors)
- New commercial buildings$4m
LAPSED Erect Building (Zone 1)
- Other new buildings$300k
Erect Two Signs (Electronic Billboards)
- Fit-outs$150k
Building Alterations (Internal Fitout - Chemist Warehouse)
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Erect Building (Amenities)
- Other new buildings$280k
Erect Three Signs
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Erect Building (Building Materials Office)
- Commercial alterations$19k
Building Alteration - (Install Racking)
- Alterations and additions$200k
Building Alteration (SMI Heat Recovery System)
- Insulation
AMEND Erect Building (Countdown) (Insulation & Carpark walkway change)
- Fit-outs$50k
Building Alterations (Internal Fitout - Black and White Coffee Cartel)
- Fit-outs$50k
Building Alterations (Internal Fitout - St Pierre's Sushi)
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Erect Building (Zone 3A)(Alter Thermal Line)
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Erect Building (Zone 3B) (HVAC system changed)
- New commercial buildings$250k
Erect Pump Shed
- Fit-outs$3.4m
Erect Building (Bunnings - Stage 2 - Fitout)
- New commercial buildings$3.8m
Erect Building (Zone 3B)
- New commercial buildings$5.5m
Erect Building (Zone 3A)
- Other new buildings$10.8m
Erect Building (Countdown/Woolworths)
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Near Smithfield
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Smithfield?
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.