Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Carters Beach
50 new homes were consented in the Buller District council area in the year to September 2026, down 11% on the year before. They also consented $15m of non-residential building work, up 208% on the year before. In the statistical area around Carters Beach, 15 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 42 consents we hold in Carters Beach, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Buller District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Carters Beach’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Buller 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 109 in 2022.
New homes in Carters Beach
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Carters Beach sits in (Westport Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 14 houses, 1 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 — Buller 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.
- Hospitals and health$9.3m
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
3 buildings · 374 m² new floor area · $3,610/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.5m
1 building · 112 m² new floor area · $2,321/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.1m
12 buildings · 4,315 m² new floor area · $256/m² new · +8% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$940k
+282% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$358k
−48% on the year before
- Education$213k
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $698/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Offices$64k
−62% on the year before
Consents on record in Carters Beach
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 42 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jul 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.
- New homes8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $342k
- Alterations and additions6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Fires and heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,250
- Commercial alterations1
typically $35k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $50k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $450kConstruction of new single-storey dwg with 3 bedrooms, living, dining, kitchen, ensuite, wir, bath, & attached dbl gge. 11 Elley Drive
- $401kProposed new dwg with 2 bedrooms, living, dining, kitchen, bath, ensuite, laundry, wir, & attached single gge. Installation of a harris woodsman kanaku ultra-low emission burner. 9 Elley Drive
- $30kInternal alterations to existing residence, including laundry & existing bathrm, & a new bathrm. Plus installation of a yunca monte multifuel freestanding spaceheater 5 McIntyre Road
- $6,000Installation of a freestanding woodsman rmf spaceheater 25 Ngahue Crescent
- $1Amendment 2: change of fire from the consented plans 9 Elley Drive
42 consents
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 2: change of fire from the consented plans
- New homes$450k
Construction of new single-storey dwg with 3 bedrooms, living, dining, kitchen, ensuite, wir, bath, & attached dbl gge.
- New homes$401k
Proposed new dwg with 2 bedrooms, living, dining, kitchen, bath, ensuite, laundry, wir, & attached single gge. Installation of a harris woodsman kanaku ultra-low emission burner.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a freestanding woodsman rmf spaceheater
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations to existing residence, including laundry & existing bathrm, & a new bathrm. Plus installation of a yunca monte multifuel freestanding spaceheater
- Alterations and additions$1
Remove existing shower cubical, install wet floor shower for disabled use, internal door widening, new vanity amendment 2: remove bath & install toilet suite, vanity & shower change
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Fire repair to fire in roofspace. Replace a portion of the existing trusses like-for-like & clean the balance. New purlins & roofing. Retain fascia & spouting.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Replacement of fire alarm panel & signal generating device for connection to fenz. All equipment & detection to be replaced with new no building work to be undertaken - work is Ltd to fire
- New homes$311k
Construction of a two-bdrm, two-bathrm single-storey res dwg with living, dining, wir & laundry
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Installation of a yunka monte
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construction of a new versatile 7.8m x 6m gge
- Commercial alterations$35k
Prefabricated dwg constructed in Aflex Homes factory under buller disctrict council with approved bc number bc230093 & to be relocated to site in the district on a separate consent. Thus, this relocation covers only the wastewater council conn
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a metro rad ped fire with bosca flue. Fire already installed
- New homes$373k
Construction of a single detached res dwg comprising two bedrooms, one bathrm, laundry, kitchen & living with covered entry & 42m2 verandah.
- New homes$560k
Construction of a new 3 bdrm dwg with bathrm ensuite & fisher 'denniston' solid fuel burner gas hw & dbl integrated gge.
- Fires and heating$9,300
Installation of a new yunca 'monte' solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$80k
Construction of a one bdrm dwg, with lounge, bath & kitchen amendment 1: add of a bdrm, lounge & laundry
- New homes$100k
Construction of a one bdrm dwg, with lounge, bath & kitchen
- New homes$273k
Construct new 4 bdrm dwg with study & integrated dbl gge
- New homes$249k
Construction of a colorsteel three bdrm, two bathrm, separate laundry dwg with woodsman 'Tasman' log burner
- Fires and heating$2,500
Installation of a freestanding woodsman rmf fireplace
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install new fire to replace existing. New fire is metro wee rad leg with spiroloc flue
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of a masport r3000 fire
- Commercial alterations$60k
Construction of a 2 bdrm prefabricated dwg at our factory at 32 robertson St to practical completion where it will be transported to site & positioned on driven timber piles. A gge with guest suite with 1 bdrm & bathrm, deckin
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Construction of 10x8.5m gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Carters Beach?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 50 new homes consented in the Buller District council area, with $24.8m of residential and $15m 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.