Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lochiel
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 Lochiel, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 19 consents we hold in Lochiel, 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 Lochiel’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 Lochiel
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Lochiel sits in (Waianiwa) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 8 houses, 1 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 Lochiel
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 19 from 1 Jul 2020 to 1 Jun 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.
- Alterations and additions6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Fires and heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $80k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $312k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $256k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $312kBuild two bdrm granny flat, one cladding type on suspended timber floor 101 Lochiel Bridge Road
- $40kAlt to existing dwg 3 bdrm dwg. Propose to add onto existing front door to create a new entry to a new bdrm 275 Forbes Road
- $20kRemove existing cabinet style shower & replace with new wet floor style shower 64 Lochiel Bridge Road
- $8,500Install a freestanding woodsman serene with drawer base onto existing floor protector with ash extension 497 Forest Hill Crossing Road
19 consents
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alt to existing dwg 3 bdrm dwg. Propose to add onto existing front door to create a new entry to a new bdrm
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install a freestanding woodsman serene with drawer base onto existing floor protector with ash extension
- Alterations and additions$20k
Remove existing cabinet style shower & replace with new wet floor style shower
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$312k
Build two bdrm granny flat, one cladding type on suspended timber floor
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of freestanding woodsman the stag onto 20mm tiled hearth
- Alterations and additions$30k
Remove existing non-load bearing wall, install new door into building envelope, fit new solid fuel burner, install bracing elements, install new kitchen joinery.
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Construct 12m x 8m gge
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alterations to dwg reconfigure bathrm to create two & laundry reconfigure kitchen install back door replace joinery
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New totalspan shed for storage of personal vehicles & contents
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of firenzo lady kitchener platform uleb onto steel ash hearth
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of masport r5000ca ped freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of woodsman Tarras mklll onto steel floor protector
- Fires and heating$6,000
Freestanding woodsman Tarras mk 3 (no wet back)
- Fires and heating$9,000
Installation of a yunca monte leg rural wet
- Alterations and additions$10k
Bathrm upgrade
- Commercial alterations$256k
Dwg extension of 102.39 to new master bdrm, ensuite, walk in robe, office, & walk in pantrylayout.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment - extended sunroom by 600mm. Reconfigured structural beams & posts - engineered designed.Tanks moved to north of residence, drainage revised. Reconfigured door & window layout.
- Alterations and additions$15k
Bathrm renovation incl. Wet floor shower
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alt of existing butchers shop into a one bdrm dwg with sunroom add & farm shed
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Near Lochiel
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lochiel?
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.