Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Washdyke Flat
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 Washdyke Flat, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 171 consents we hold in Washdyke Flat, 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 Washdyke Flat’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 Washdyke Flat
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Washdyke Flat sits in (Hadlow) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 11 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 Washdyke Flat
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 171 from 26 Mar 1993 to 16 Sep 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 additions9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $88k
- Fires and heating7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New commercial buildings2
typically $50k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $22k
- New homes2
typically $750k
- Other new buildings1
1 in the last 12 months
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $140kErect Garage
- $50kSiting/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling & Install WWTS
- $10kInstall Pyro Classic Freestanding Wetback Woodburner & Install Maxen 190 Washdyke Flat Road
- $5,000Install Masport Kaituna Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- $5,000Install Masport Hurunui Rural LEG Freestanding Woodburner 155 Cartwrights Road
171 consents
- Fires and heating$10k
Install Pyro Classic Freestanding Wetback Woodburner & Install Maxen
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Kaituna Ash Freestanding Woodburner
- Relocated buildings$50k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling & Install WWTS
- Garages, sheds and carports$140k
Erect Garage
- Other new buildings
AMEND - Bracing/Ext Wall Claddings/Roof
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend - bracing/ext wall claddings/roof
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Hurunui Rural LEG Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install Masport Auburn 8 Inbuilt Woodburner
- New homes$1.4m
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Escea TFS850 ULEB
- New homes$100k
Platform for Future Dwelling
- Alterations and additions$100k
Platform for future dwg
- New commercial buildings$50k
Erect Shed
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Alter Floor Plan (Entrance)
- Fires and heating$5,000
WITHDRAWN - Install Escea TC950 Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Kanaku Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Garages, sheds and carports$56k
Erect Garage
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alteration (Ensuite/Stairwell/Laundry/Porch)
- Commercial alterations$8,000
AMEND Drainage & Wastewater
- Garages, sheds and carports$8,000
Amend building add (shed) - altered plans (drainage & wastewater)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Alter Foundation Details - Remove Window in Bedroom 1
- Alterations and additions$450k
Additions & Alterations & Install Blaze King Sirocco SC30L.
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Dwelling Alterations (B2 Modification)
- Commercial alterations$35k
Building Addition (Shed)
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Washdyke Flat?
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.