Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Watlington
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 Watlington itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,620 consents we hold in Watlington, 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 Watlington’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 Watlington
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Watlington. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Watlington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,620 from 5 Apr 1993 to 15 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 heating52
13 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions28
3 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports13
4 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- New homes8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $400k
- Commercial alterations3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $138k
- Other new buildings2
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550kConstruct a new 3 bdrm dwg with an attached single car gge. On site septic system & stormwater system 30 Cornwall Street
- $400kErect Dwelling 175 Otipua Road
- $270kSiting/Foundations/Services for Relocatable Dwelling 146 Otipua Road
- $200kAddition & Alterations/ Install Masport Clutha 7 Market Street
- $170kAlterations 172B Otipua Road
1,620 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Cargill 350-D Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Blaze King Sirocco SC20P.NZ Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$50k
Install Services
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Kanaku Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$170k
Alterations
- Alterations and additions$150k
Dwg alterations 40 quarry Rd Whiterock lot 2 dp 522661
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$150k
Reroof & reclad dwg, alt internal layout
- Commercial alterations$2,000
Change of Use (Care Home to Offices)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Ultra Inbuilt Woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$200k
Addition & Alterations/ Install Masport Clutha
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Serene Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$3,500
Supply & install of new wood burner fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Cargill 350-D Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Beveled Inbuilt Woodburner
- New homes$400k
Erect Dwelling
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Ravelli Rosa Freestanding Pellet Burner
- New homes$150k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage (Foundations/Drainage/Retaining
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
New dwg with attached gge (foundations/drainage/retaining walls)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Masport Rangitata Inbuilt Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations (Bathrooms)
- Garages, sheds and carports$110k
Erect Garage/Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Erect Garage
- New homes$550k
Construct a new 3 bdrm dwg with an attached single car gge. On site septic system & stormwater system
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Near Watlington
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Watlington?
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.