Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Waimate
Councils consented $4.9m of non-residential building work in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, down 67% on the year before. Below: 8 commercial consents we hold in Waimate, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimate District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waimate 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.
- Farm buildings$2.3m
25 buildings · 5,542 m² new floor area · $378/m² new · +46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$800k
2 buildings · 187 m² new floor area · $4,278/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
2 buildings · 468 m² new floor area · $620/m² new · −93% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$500k
- Offices$400k
- Warehouses and storage$210k
+500% on the year before
- Education$60k
−83% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$60k
+140% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20k
−99% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Waimate
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Feb 2021 to 11 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.
- Commercial alterations3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $460k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $670kConstruct 2 bed plus office dwg with attached gge. 234 Mt Studholme Road, Hunter
- $500kBuilding Addition (Pitts & Shackleton Wing) 14 Manse Street, Waimate
8 consents
- Commercial alterations$500k
Building Addition (Pitts & Shackleton Wing)
- New commercial buildings$670k
Construct 2 bed plus office dwg with attached gge.
- New commercial buildings$250k
Replace old 1 bdrm dwg with new 2 bdrm + office housing - detached
- Commercial alterations$13k
Add of a 4.5m2 office to the porch area of the
- Commercial alterations$3,000
Install new toilet in workshop
- Commercial alterations$26k
To construct a workshop
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Add 6sqm extension to rear of existing gge as workshop
- Commercial alterations$27k
Gge & workshop - portal building 10.5m long x 12m wide,
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Waimate
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waimate?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17 new homes consented in the Waimate District council area, with $11.5m of residential and $4.9m 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.