Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Drummond
187 new homes were consented in the Southland District council area in the year to September 2026, up 36% on the year before. They also consented $70.1m of non-residential building work, down 3% on the year before. In the statistical area around Drummond, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 19 consents we hold in Drummond, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Drummond’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Southland 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 176 in 2019.
New homes in Drummond
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Drummond sits in (Ōtautau) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — 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
Consents on record in Drummond
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 19 from 1 Jun 2021 to 1 May 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 heating6
typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $750k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $450k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $60k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $190k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $800kSingle storey dwg with attached gge, electric fire 27 Hamilton Street
- $150kAdd of new lounge to existing house 26 Roberts Road
19 consents
- New homes$800k
Single storey dwg with attached gge, electric fire
- Alterations and additions$150k
Add of new lounge to existing house
- Alterations and additions$1
Application for a ta modification to b2.3.1 (durability) miscellaneous
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
New standalone gge/shed
- New homes$700k
Single level dwg with sfh & attached gge
- Alterations and additions$10k
Amendment 1 - change of internal layout & external joinery. Add of toilet.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace exsiting metro multi fuel with a a pyro wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a free standing bosca spirit 500 wood fire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Fire install - new yunca oscar rural
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$450k
Internal alterations & add to existing dwg including new septic system. New bdrm, ensuite, wardrobe, kitchen, dining, living room. Upgrade of existing laundry & bathrm. New cladding to some areas.
- Relocated buildings$190k
Relocated 3 bedrooms dwg with existing subfloor structural & new timber piles in concrete footing, existing timber framed wall & roof to remain
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alt to dwg - internal layout changes, external replacement of external window, lintels & soffit per fire damage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen kinmont 350-p freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Amendment - add truss to kitchen to support existing roof
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca 1.1 & new flue kit
- Fires and heating$100k
Add of family room with verandah & deck. New fireplace. Re-clad dwg.
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Removal of internal wall between kitchen & living
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment - widening opening & relocating door between kitchen & hall
- Alterations and additions$95k
Alt interior of dwg, fill in porch to become bdrm, replace joinery & re-clad dwg
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Near Drummond
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Drummond?
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.