Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Limehills
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 Limehills, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Limehills, 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 Limehills’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 Limehills
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Limehills sits in (Oreti River) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Limehills
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jan 2025. 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 additions1
typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $3,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $84k
- Fires and heating1
typically $6,200
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
6 consents
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Remove existing acrylic shower & create new walk in fully tiled shower using existing waste.
- Garages, sheds and carports$84k
4 bay pole shed with non structural concrete slab
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Amendment to aba-2019-1911 - install channel drains & three sumps
- Fires and heating$6,200
Install yunca monte base woodburner
- Fires and heating$4,900
Install woodsman strongman multifuel burner on insulated tile hearth
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install second hand inbuilt yunca multi fuel heater
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Near Limehills
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Limehills?
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.