Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waitaki Bridge
82 new homes were consented in the Waitaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $28.4m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. Below: 13 consents we hold in Waitaki Bridge, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitaki District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitaki 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 154 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 — Waitaki 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$7.2m
37 buildings · 15,274 m² new floor area · $469/m² new · +206% on the year before
- Offices$6.4m
1 building · 710 m² new floor area · $7,042/m² new · +526% on the year before
- Education$5.7m
1 building · 919 m² new floor area · $4,135/m² new · +200% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.6m
1 building · 800 m² new floor area · $4,370/m² new · +3541% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
6 buildings · 1,588 m² new floor area · $1,052/m² new · +85% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
2 buildings · 500 m² new floor area · $3,640/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.1m
1 building · 78 m² new floor area · $1,026/m² new · −7% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$335k
−25% on the year before
Consents on record in Waitaki Bridge
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 13 from 1 Dec 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.
- Alterations and additions4
typically $350k
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $700k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $13k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kConstruction 2 x 3 bdrm, 1 bathrm dwgs with attached gge & installation of oasis clearwater series 2000 wastewater systems 227 Ludemann Road, Papakaio
- $5,000Installation of a free-standing woodsman Tasman mkii woodburner & heat saver flue kit with dektite plan flashing 220 Hilderthorpe Road, Hilderthorpe
13 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing woodsman Tasman mkii woodburner & heat saver flue kit with dektite plan flashing
- New homes$700k
Construction 2 x 3 bdrm, 1 bathrm dwgs with attached gge & installation of oasis clearwater series 2000 wastewater systems
- Alterations and additions$40k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$800k
Other res/farm - additions & alterations to dwg, including new plumbing & stormwater disposal.
- Alterations and additions$300k
Add & alt to dwg - add of rumpus room, laundry/bathrm & upper level including deck, relocation & extension of kitchen/living area & installation of Masport Akaroa wood stacker, LEBs, freestanding, dry, woodburner
- Alterations and additions$400k
Rbw - scope of work is for new kitchen-dining-living layout with pantry, dbl gge with internal access. New common bathrm & toilet. New staircase to access basement & upper storey. Master bdrm, study, ensuite, walk-in on upper floor.
- Fires and heating$28k
Foundations, wagener sparky ru woodburner & naturalflow
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a firenzo contessa rural woodburner & flue kit
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$13k
New wastewater drainage system
- New homes$750k
Construction of a 2 level 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with kent
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing jayline fr300 rural woodburner &
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a free-standing yunca monte base woodburner & flue
- Fires and heating$5,000
Remove existing wet-back connection, fire & flue. Install masport
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Suburbs in Waitaki Bridge
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitaki Bridge?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 82 new homes consented in the Waitaki District council area, with $52.4m of residential and $28.4m 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.