Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Winchester
Councils consented $112m of non-residential building work in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, up 78% on the year before. Below: 67 commercial consents we hold in Winchester, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru 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 — Timaru 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% 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 Winchester
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 67 from 1 Jul 1993 to 12 Oct 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 alterations6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- New commercial buildings3
typically $541k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mBuilding Addition & Alterations (Pyne House Dormitories & Greeting 12-18 Harrison Road, Winchester
- $45kAMEND Breakout Room Opening Changes 14-20 Rise Road, Winchester
67 consents
- Commercial alterations
AMEND (Tutors Room/Cladding/Bracing/Fire Report/Sprinkler Layout)
- Commercial alterations$1.5m
Building Addition & Alterations (Pyne House Dormitories & Greeting
- Commercial alterations$45k
AMEND Breakout Room Opening Changes
- Commercial alterations$490k
Building Addition (Bathroom/Toilets) & Alteration (Classroom)
- Commercial alterations$300k
Building Addition & Alterations
- Relocated buildings$35k
Siting & Foundation for Relocated Building
- New commercial buildings
AMEND Erect Building (Workshop/Office) (Alter Consrtuction Details)
- New commercial buildings$910k
Erect Building (Workshop/Office)
- New commercial buildings$171k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations$95k
Building Alterations (Library - Internal Alterations & Enclose
- Relocated buildings$5,000
Building Addition (Siting/Foundation for Relocated Portacom Building)
- Commercial alterations$570k
Building Addition & Alterations
- Commercial alterations$80k
Building Addition (Block 10 Winchester Rural School)
- New commercial buildings$132k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations
AMEND Office / Staff Area on Mezzanine Floor
- New commercial buildings$15k
Erect Shed
- Commercial alterations$400k
Building Additions & Alterations
- Farm buildings$15k
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$20k
Erect Pole Shed
- Farm buildings$250k
Erect Hay Barn
- Relocated buildings$70k
Siting/Foundations/Services for Relocated Building
- Commercial alterations$2,000
Building Alteration (Bathroom)
- New commercial buildings$2,000
Remove Office Building
- Farm buildings$47k
Erect Pole Shed
- New commercial buildings$435k
Erect Office Building
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Winchester
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Winchester?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.