Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Winton
Councils consented $70.1m of non-residential building work in the Southland District council area in the year to September 2026, down 3% on the year before. Below: 9 commercial consents we hold in Winton, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Southland 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 — Southland 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.
- Farm buildings$31.1m
123 buildings · 74,108 m² new floor area · $417/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15.8m
7 buildings · 1,226 m² new floor area · $7,456/m² new · −54% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$13m
5 buildings · 5,526 m² new floor area · $2,054/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.5m
3 buildings · 2,420 m² new floor area · $1,843/m² new · +445% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
1 building · 267 m² new floor area · $5,243/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
−77% on the year before
- Offices$1.2m
+337% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$887k
1 building · 315 m² new floor area · $2,063/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$470k
1 building · 45 m² new floor area · $9,333/m² new · +47% 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 Winton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 9 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Mar 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 alterations5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $99k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $10mAdditions & alterations to existing 1970 commercial building, including new entry ramp & glazed facade, new vertical circulation, new raised volume to central portion of existing roof plus associ 23 Union Street, Winton
9 consents
- Commercial alterations$10m
Additions & alterations to existing 1970 commercial building, including new entry ramp & glazed facade, new vertical circulation, new raised volume to central portion of existing roof plus associ
- Commercial alterations$99k
New office, bdrm, bathrm & laundry with attached gge. This new building replaces the existing gge & laundry.
- Commercial alterations$95k
Add to living room with office & covered deck/entry, timber subfloor & prenailed designed frame & trusses, colorsteel cladding
- Commercial alterations$40k
Swap kitchen & office locations. Upgrade bathrm & size. New window to bed 1.
- Commercial alterations$256k
Dwg extension of 102.39 to new master bdrm, ensuite, walk in robe, office, & walk in pantrylayout.
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment - widening opening & relocating door between kitchen & hall
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment - relocate laundry from gge to office, install an exit door & window as per current specs & cladding details. Install ceiling fan to outside as per e2 & g4, move the bracing panels in the paggase. HI calculations still comply
- Commercial alterations$18k
Internal bathrm, wc, kitchen, laundry, office alterations of existing dwg
- Commercial alterations$140k
Extension to house adding two new bedrooms, t.V room, office & entrance. Alt existing house by converting bdrm 2 into ensuite & wardrobe, change layout of bathrm, remove walls between bathrm & toilet, & kitchen & living room, remov
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Suburbs in Winton
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Winton?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 187 new homes consented in the Southland District council area, with $111m of residential and $70.1m 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.