Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Gonville
190 new homes were consented in the Whanganui District council area in the year to September 2026, up 40% on the year before. They also consented $72.5m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. In Gonville itself, 41 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 284 consents we hold in Gonville, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Gonville’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whanganui 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 199 in 2021.
New homes in Gonville
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Gonville West, Gonville South, Gonville North. In the year to September 2026: 12 houses, 29 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 — 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
Consents on record in Gonville
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 284 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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.
- Alterations and additions54
14 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Fires and heating44
10 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes32
5 in the last 12 months · typically $415k
- Garages, sheds and carports22
6 in the last 12 months · typically $39k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Relocated buildings6
typically $28k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $45k
- Multiple homes3
typically $688k
- Insulation2
typically $26k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kR2 - new two-storey detached dwg. 15 Akatea Street
- $450kConstruct a dwg & a minor dwg 8D Cambridge Street
- $300kNew dwg, install water tank 12 Muir Street
- $245kSsd pim - new stand alone, single storey, 2 bdrm self contained dwg. 70m2 floor area, floor height above ground less than 1m, build height above floor less than 4m, timber frame on firth 59 Bignell Street
- $210kRbw - single-storey dwg clad in bevel-back weatherboards over cavity battens with gaf timberline asphalt shingle roofing on timber trusses, containing an entry, two bedrooms, bathrm, living are 52 Rimu Street
284 consents
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install of a metro rad plus woodfire into the living room, including a new metro eco flue kit
- Alterations and additions$12k
Create new ensuite in old kitchen. Create cupboard for laundry
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
To build a new skyline gge on concrete foundation
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
New versatile 6 x 7 gge building
- New homes$450k
Construct a dwg & a minor dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Amendment 2 - change of deck layout, wall bracing, flashing details, soffit of entrance, flooring of store area, layout of roof fixtures, internal low height wall of master & bdrm 2 ensuite bathrooms, & underfloor insulation from 50mm xps to
- Alterations and additions$85k
Rebuilding lounge with pitched roof
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$110k
Extend existing house to create two bedrooms & toilet
- Alterations and additions$10k
Remove a load-bearing wall & redirect the loads to two new load-bearing walls parallel to the existing
- Fires and heating$10k
Installation of a new free standing wood fire to replace the existing in the dining room
- Alterations and additions$20k
Install two showers
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
New stormwater soak hole, yard sump & stormwater drainage installation
- Alterations and additions$20k
Remove a load bearing wall
- Alterations and additions$103k
Interior alterations to increase living space, remodel of bathrm & relocation of laundry to gge
- Fires and heating$4,000
Freestanding solid fuel heater
- New homes$300k
New dwg, install water tank
- Fires and heating$5,000
Removal of existing kent fireplace & & installation of new metro fireplace in the ground floor of a 2 storey res dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Pipe runners will be removing existing fire place & replacing with a new fire & flue system
- Alterations and additions$4,950
R2 - minor works - replace lower floor bath & upper floor shower with 2x tiled showers.
- Fires and heating$6,700
To install a metro rad one freestanding fire in lounge
- New homes$210k
Rbw - single-storey dwg clad in bevel-back weatherboards over cavity battens with gaf timberline asphalt shingle roofing on timber trusses, containing an entry, two bedrooms, bathrm, living are
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
New 6 x 8 gge building consent category
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Construct a 10m x 7m x 2.4m gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing install of a pyro classic fire & flue kit into the living room
- New homes$245k
Ssd pim - new stand alone, single storey, 2 bdrm self contained dwg. 70m2 floor area, floor height above ground less than 1m, build height above floor less than 4m, timber frame on firth
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Gonville?
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.