Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waddington
2,424 new homes were consented in the Selwyn District council area in the year to September 2026, up 58% on the year before. They also consented $216m of non-residential building work, down 17% on the year before. Below: 9 consents we hold in Waddington, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Selwyn District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Selwyn 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 1,928 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Selwyn 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.
- Warehouses and storage$102m
25 buildings · 41,166 m² new floor area · $2,457/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Education$47.9m
16 buildings · 9,976 m² new floor area · $4,028/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$27.5m
129 buildings · 51,611 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +43% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17m
8 buildings · 6,733 m² new floor area · $1,521/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.7m
4 buildings · 3,637 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −63% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6.1m
1 building · 409 m² new floor area · $3,912/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.1m
2 buildings · 633 m² new floor area · $4,344/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.3m
1 building · −73% on the year before
- Offices$1m
−75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$825k
−92% on the year before
Consents on record in Waddington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 9 from 1 Apr 2020 to 1 Jul 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 additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $280k
- Fires and heating1
typically $6,400
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $95k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $280kConstruction of siting, foundation & drainage & for new 1 Waddington Road, Waddington
- $150kRemove downstairs bath & replace with shower. Install two new bathrooms updstairs, change gge door to french doors 5-7 Henry Street, Waddington
9 consents
- Alterations and additions$150k
Remove downstairs bath & replace with shower. Install two new bathrooms updstairs, change gge door to french doors
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$280k
Construction of siting, foundation & drainage & for new
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$95k
Change of use: first floor offices to dwg. Reclad of exterior, new aluminum joinery, internal walls, kitchen, bathrm, laundry & new deck
- Alterations and additions$10k
Construct a new mud room in the existing laundry & relocate the laundry to the car gge
- Alterations and additions$12k
Dwg alterations - bathrm renovation
- Fires and heating$6,400
Installation of a solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$200k
Housing (multi-unit dwg) - retrofit of existing dwg to improve thermal performance & modernise layout; removal & replacement of plasterboard linings, new smoke alarm & bracing layouts
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Dwg alterations - add doorway
- Alterations and additions$150k
Domestic dwg alterations & additions
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Waddington
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waddington?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 2,424 new homes consented in the Selwyn District council area, with $1.1b of residential and $216m 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.