Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Upper Waitati
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. In the statistical area around Upper Waitati, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 15 consents we hold in Upper Waitati, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Upper Waitati’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin City, 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 548 in 2021.
New homes in Upper Waitati
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Upper Waitati sits in (Mount Cargill) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 13 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 — Dunedin City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Upper Waitati
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 15 from 1 Feb 2013 to 1 Dec 2025. 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 heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions2
typically $63k
- New homes2
typically $565k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $10kInstall effluent disposal system & minor external drainage 452-462 Waitati Valley Road
- $6,000Install yunca monte leg heater in dwg 616 Waitati Valley Road
15 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Install effluent disposal system & minor external drainage
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca monte leg heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350p heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro Ltd mega rad heater with wet-back in dwg
- Alterations and additions$120k
Extend - alt internal layout to relocate entry & bathrm, demolish & construct internal stairs, demolish & erect deck, install masport Akaroa heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad base heater in dwg
- New homes$762k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Woodsman Taras MKIII Heater, Install 3 x 30,000L Water Tanks and Septic Tank with Effluent Dispersal Field
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt dwg - replace showers in bathrm & ensuite
- New homes$367k
Erect Dwelling, Install Water Retention and Septic Tanks
- New homes$122k
New dwg, install metro wee rad woody heater, rainwater tank
- New homes$500k
Erect Dwelling, Install Woodsman Tarras MKII Woodburner, Septic Tank and Rainwater Tank
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$490k
Erect Dwelling with Stanley Errigal Solid Fuel Cooker/Heater, Rainwater Tank, Septic Tank, Sleepout with Wagener Sparky Heater, Utility Shed
- New homes$380k
ERECT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, INSTALL MASPORT MACKENZIE R10000 FIRE WITH WETBACK, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND RAINWATER TANK
- New homes$330k
ERECT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, INSTALL BOSCA LIMIT 380 WOODBURNER, SEPTIC TANK, RAINWATER TANK
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$490k
ERECT DWELLING, INSTALL ONSITE EFFLUENT DISPOSAL SYSTEM, SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM, ATTACK WOOD BOILER SYSTEM, RAINWATER TANK, AND INSTALL WARMINGTON STUDIO FIRE. ALTER EXISTING GARAGE BUILDING.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Upper Waitati?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.