Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mount Aspiring
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. In the statistical area around Mount Aspiring, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 8 consents we hold in Mount Aspiring, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Mount Aspiring’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes 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 1,729 in 2025.
New homes in Mount Aspiring
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mount Aspiring sits in (Outer Wānaka) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 2 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 — Queenstown-Lakes 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.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Mount Aspiring
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 2 Jun 2015 to 18 Jul 2023. 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 alterations1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
8 consents
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Alteration to Backcountry Hut -replacing existing with Firenzo viking, use existing flue as less than 3 months old - Mt Aspiring Hut West Matukituki Valley, Wanaka
- Alterations and additions$10k
Dredge Flat, Rees/Dart Tramping Track Mount Aspiring National Park
- Fires and heating$15k
Replace Woodburner With Euroheat Harmony Fire and replace coal range with Rayburn Heatranger- This Building Consent is subject to a modification to the Building Code durability clause B2.3.1 which applies from 30-9-2014 instead of the date of Code Compliance Certificate issue.
- Garages, sheds and carports
Boat Shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,145
Construction Of Closed Vault Toilet, Located At The Head Of
- Other new buildings$20k
Construction Of A New 2 Wire Pedestrian Swingbridge ( 1
- Alterations and additions$15k
Replace Pedestrian Swingbridge With New One
- New commercial buildings$10k
Erect New Toilet Block
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Near Mount Aspiring
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mount Aspiring?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m 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.