Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waimataitai
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 Waimataitai itself, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,414 consents we hold in Waimataitai, 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 Waimataitai’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 Waimataitai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Waimataitai-Maori Hill. In the year to September 2026: 6 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 Waimataitai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,414 from 29 Mar 1993 to 21 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.
- Alterations and additions39
6 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Fires and heating37
7 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes34
2 in the last 12 months · typically $321k
- Garages, sheds and carports14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- New commercial buildings7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $160k
- Commercial alterations6
typically $6,500
- Other new buildings4
2 in the last 12 months
- Multiple homes4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $650k
- Retaining walls4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $800kErect Two Dwellings with Attached Garage
- $523kNew dwg
- $400kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- $360kErect Three Relocated Units (Units A, B, C - Built at 109 Divan Road 154A Selwyn Street
- $252kErect Two Attached Dwellings 126 Evans Street
1,414 consents
- Fires and heating$10k
Install Masport Rangitata Inbult Woodburner & Install Masport
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Ultra Xtreme Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$523k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend move laundry & change wc to ensuite
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$400k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alteration & Install Escea LE800 Electric Fire
- Retaining walls
AMEND Retaining Wall Specification Change
- Alterations and additions$55k
Alt to dwg - reconfiguration of internal floor layout, add of ensuite.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
AMEND - Layout/Sewer System
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Erect Garage
- Other new buildings
REFUSED - AMEND Foundation change to Ribraft
- Other new buildings
AMEND - Slab Construction/Lowered & Moved
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend - slab construction/lowered & moved
- Alterations and additions$35k
Alterations (Bathroom/Laundry)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Multiple homes$800k
Erect Two Dwellings with Attached Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Ruby Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install firenzo kompact ag deco 800 insert heater in dwg
- Multiple homes$252k
Erect Two Attached Dwellings
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alterations (Bathrooms - Units B &C)
- New commercial buildings$360k
Erect Three Relocated Units (Units A, B, C - Built at 109 Divan Road
- Demolition$9,690
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - demolish laundry, slight increase in floor area to allow for larger laundry space
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waimataitai?
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.