Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Timaru Port
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 Timaru Port, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 313 consents we hold in Timaru Port, 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 Timaru Port’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 Timaru Port
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Timaru Port sits in (Timaru East) — 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 Timaru Port
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 313 from 14 Apr 1993 to 20 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.
- Commercial alterations8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $87k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $12k
- New commercial buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $93k
- Other new buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Fit-outs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $250k
- Demolition1
typically $700k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1mBuilding Alterations (Seismic Strengthening & Fitout) 113 Hayes Street
- $350kErect Building (Office) 46 Talbot Street
- $100kErect Light Tower 1 Marine Parade
- $55kBuilding Alteration (Scaler Building) 46 Talbot Street
313 consents
- Other new buildings$100k
Erect Light Tower
- New commercial buildings$350k
Erect Building (Office)
- Commercial alterations$55k
Building Alteration (Scaler Building)
- Fit-outs$1m
Building Alterations (Seismic Strengthening & Fitout)
- Commercial alterations$400k
Building Alterations (Seismic Strengthening)
- Commercial alterations$100k
Building Alterations (Reception)
- New commercial buildings$20k
Erect DAF Plinth
- Commercial alterations$10k
Building Alteration (Stormwater) (20 Hall Street)
- New commercial buildings$150k
Install Services (Sewer)
- Commercial alterations$400k
Building Alterations (Office)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$250k
Building Alteration (Seismic Strengthening)
- New commercial buildings$35k
Erect Building (Security Office)
- Other new buildings$89k
Erect Fogging Pad
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Building Additions (Workshop) (B2 Modification)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Building Alterations (B2 Modifications)
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Building Alterations (Mezzanine) (Fire Rating)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Building Addition (Boiler House - Fish Meal Plant) (B2
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
AMEND Building Alterations (Concrete Floor) & Drainage (B2
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Building Alteration (Install Grease Trap)
- Commercial alterations$73k
Building Alterations (Upgrade Fire Alarm)
- Demolition$700k
Building Alterations (Demolish & Rebuild Front Half of Building)
- Alterations and additions$12k
Building Alteration (Smoke Detector System)
- Alterations and additions$13k
Building Alterations (Smoke Detector System)
- Other new buildings$439k
Erect Building (Log Yard Scaler Building)
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$280k
LAPSED - Building Alterations (ELA Building - EQ Strengthening)
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Near Timaru Port
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Timaru Port?
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.