Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ward
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. Below: 414 consents we hold in Ward, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Ward
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 414 from 1 Jul 2021 to 1 Jul 2021. 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.
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
414 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free-standing nectre big bakers oven solid fuel heater
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage and Gourmet Cooker
- Fires and heating
Install Inbuilt Jayline Classic Log Fire
- Commercial alterations
Extend Roof on Lime Works Building
- Commercial alterations
Upgrade Staff Amenities Block
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Milan Caldo Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Addition and Free Standing Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Fisher Blenheim Log Fire and Move Hot Water Cylinder
- Alterations and additions
Addition and Alterations
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Masport Arcadia Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Poles to Support Future Deer Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Alterations and additions
Monopole and Shelter
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Logaire Pegasus Log Fire
- Garages, sheds and carports
Shed
- Fires and heating
Inbuilt Metro Compact Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Envirofire Pellet Stove
- Fires and heating
Replace Chip Heater Flue
- Garages, sheds and carports
Extend Farm Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports
Shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Effluent Disposal Field
- Alterations and additions
Install En Suite in Existing Sunroom
- Fires and heating
Alterations to Walls and Install Wamsler Solid Fuel Cooker
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Ward
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ward?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.