Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Winchester
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. In the statistical area around Winchester, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 508 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Winchester’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
New homes in Winchester
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Winchester sits in (Waitohi (Timaru District)) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 0 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 — 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
Consents on record in Winchester
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 508 from 18 Mar 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.
- Fires and heating17
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Commercial alterations6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- New homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $640k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $45k
- Alterations and additions4
typically $30k
- Other new buildings3
3 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- New commercial buildings3
typically $541k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $122k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $126k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $210k
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
- $500kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Serene 10 Ronald Street
- $300kInstall Stock Underpass
- $300kInstall Stock Underpass
- $45kAMEND Breakout Room Opening Changes 14-20 Rise Road
508 consents
- Commercial alterations
AMEND (Tutors Room/Cladding/Bracing/Fire Report/Sprinkler Layout)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont Wetback Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$500k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Serene
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Pyro Classic Freestanding Woodburner
- Commercial alterations$1.5m
Building Addition & Alterations (Pyne House Dormitories & Greeting
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of new free standing logburner & flue
- Other new buildings$300k
Install Stock Underpass
- Other new buildings$300k
Install Stock Underpass
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,020
Remove existing fire & flue kit & fit new maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker fire onto existing hearth. Frame up ceiling to suit new flue centre & install new flue kit. Flash flue with dektite & soaker flashing. Fit flue shield
- Commercial alterations$45k
AMEND Breakout Room Opening Changes
- Other new buildings
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations (Remove Wall)
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Ravelli Rosa R70 Freestanding Pellet Fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of new free standing fire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$64k
Outbuilding - small art studio in the backyard, single storey with wc/shower & a sink for water/cleaning
- Alterations and additions$600k
Rbw -demolition of existing lean-to of a villa & construction of a new flat roof add containing the kitchen, living & dining areas as well as general refurbishment of the existing areas of t
- Commercial alterations$490k
Building Addition (Bathroom/Toilets) & Alteration (Classroom)
- Relocated buildings$216k
Erect Relocatable Dwelling & Siting/Foundations/Services
- Garages, sheds and carports$123k
Erect Garage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Tasman Wetback MKII Freestanding Woodburner
- Pools and spas$12k
Installation of swimming pool fence (proposed pool under 35,000 liters & exempt work, no consent required).
- Garages, sheds and carports$38k
Erect Garage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$210k
Install Wastewater Treatment System
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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.