Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Whanganui
Councils consented $72.5m of non-residential building work in the Whanganui District council area in the year to September 2026, down 27% on the year before. Below: 35 commercial consents we hold in Whanganui, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whanganui District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whanganui 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.
- Offices$29.5m
5 buildings · 2,618 m² new floor area · $10,680/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$14.2m
5 buildings · 1,509 m² new floor area · $4,109/m² new · +385% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6m
+761% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4m
2 buildings · 699 m² new floor area · $5,182/m² new · +44% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.9m
1 building · 540 m² new floor area · $7,070/m² new · +805% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.9m
1 building · 262 m² new floor area · $3,817/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Education$3.8m
2 buildings · 296 m² new floor area · $4,459/m² new · +215% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
20 buildings · 5,128 m² new floor area · $324/m² new · −11% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,164 m² new floor area · $1,503/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$2m
1 building · 422 m² new floor area · $4,739/m² new · +4344% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Whanganui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jun 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.
- Commercial alterations22
4 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Fit-outs3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $3.9m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $990kRbw - prop. Add & alt of exist.Dwg. Prop. Extension of living, dining, kitchen area on new suspended concr. Slab, new internal areas including new bath, office & media, with new m 37 Hackett Street, Wanganui East
- $100kNew detached home office. 31 Lucknow Street, Aramoho
- $35kRbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert office space & kitchen to a two-bdrm dwg, change of use. 44 Kowhai Street, Castlecliff
- $35kAlt to existing commercial building - tilt panel wall remediation 12 Kepa Street, Wanganui East
- $30kRbw - laundry & bathrm internal fit out. 5 Tongariro Street, Castlecliff
35 consents
- Commercial alterations$35k
Alt to existing commercial building - tilt panel wall remediation
- Commercial alterations$100k
New detached home office.
- Commercial alterations$990k
Rbw - prop. Add & alt of exist.Dwg. Prop. Extension of living, dining, kitchen area on new suspended concr. Slab, new internal areas including new bath, office & media, with new m
- Fit-outs$30k
Rbw - laundry & bathrm internal fit out.
- Commercial alterations$35k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - convert office space & kitchen to a two-bdrm dwg, change of use.
- Commercial alterations$10k
Install a new toilet in the office / sleepout building
- Fit-outs$10k
Housing (multi-unit dwg) - bathrm to rear of ground floor tenancy
- Commercial alterations$40k
Refurbishment of existing sleepout & part of gge to form work from home office. + alt.1 add of shower to office
- Commercial alterations$30k
Adding an office onto the dwg
- Commercial alterations$45k
Lean to add to existing commercial building
- Commercial alterations$40k
Construct 73m2 gge / workshop
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Install plumbing fittings to the 1St floor workshop. Upgrade the adjacent walls
- Commercial alterations$50k
New construction of roof cover structure & relocation of toilet block
- Commercial alterations$47k
Build new (unlined) 50m2 workshop
- Commercial alterations$40k
Combine wc & bathrm. Relocate laundry to hall cupboard. Convert laundry to bathrm. Replace hwc with outside cylinder. Relocate back entrance door to outside wall. Fit new timber floor to back
- Fit-outs$50k
Finishing exterior envelope with paint & gutter installation, interior fit out of plumbing fixtures, h/w cylinder installation, electrical fit out, & complete impervious surfaces
- New commercial buildings$3.9m
C2 - new three storey multi-unit mixed use building. 7 apartments & two retail spaces. Consent granted subject to section 72
- Commercial alterations$45k
Construct 4x12x2.4 shed/home office with toilet
- Commercial alterations$20k
To build new gge workshop
- Commercial alterations$120k
Add to dwg including new bdrm & ensuite, living with logfire, office
- Commercial alterations$50k
Build 96m2 gge workshop
- Commercial alterations$50k
Construct new 36m2 office/workshop
- Commercial alterations$40k
To build a proposed lean- to add, approx 48 sq. Metres, to the existing steel portal frame workshop/shed
- Commercial alterations$100k
Construct gge & workshop
- Commercial alterations$31k
Construct 60m2 detached gge/workshop
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Suburbs in Whanganui
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whanganui?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 190 new homes consented in the Whanganui District council area, with $113m of residential and $72.5m 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.