Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Glenavy
17 new homes were consented in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 67% on the year before. In the statistical area around Glenavy, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 25 consents we hold in Glenavy, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Glenavy’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimate 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 52 in 2008.
New homes in Glenavy
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Glenavy sits in (Morven-Glenavy-Ikawai) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 — 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
Consents on record in Glenavy
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 25 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 May 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 heating6
typically $5,000
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $11k
- New homes2
typically $900k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $3,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $32k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $30kRelocate 3 bdrm dwg & place over new piles. 13 Redcliff Road
25 consents
- Relocated buildings$30k
Relocate 3 bdrm dwg & place over new piles.
- New homes$1.3m
Construction of 2 detached & 2x2 attached dwgs. Total of 6
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install wagener sparky clean air heater - ecan # 194116, no
- Relocated buildings$150k
New relocated dwg
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install Maxen Henley - ecan #240581 heater, no wetback
- Alterations and additions$20k
Reduced scope of work, & change to roofing material
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of Jayline PR300 freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new woodsman kanaku uleb woodfire & heatsaver flue
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman kanaku uleb heater - no wetback connection
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
To construct a dbl gge
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install new masport r1200 solid fuel fire - no wetback
- Commercial alterations$3,000
Install new toilet in workshop
- Alterations and additions$2,800
Install vanity, shower & sink to existing building at 4
- New homes$500k
New two level four bdrm dwg with attached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$27k
To construct a dbl gge
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install metro wee rad base freestanding heater - no wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Erect second hand gge on new concrete slab
- Commercial alterations$27k
Gge & workshop - portal building 10.5m long x 12m wide,
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport osburn 1600 freestanding heater
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install new woodsman Brunner mkii wood burner - with wetback
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Akaroa ws freestanding heater - no wetback
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
Construct 1 bdrm sleepout
- Alterations and additions$4,500
Dwg alterations
- New homes$219k
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$371k
Dwg with attached gge
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Near Glenavy
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Glenavy?
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.