Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Winton
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 Winton itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 245 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Winton’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 Winton
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Winton. 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 Winton
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 245 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating48
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions47
9 in the last 12 months · typically $34k
- Garages, sheds and carports24
5 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- New homes20
2 in the last 12 months · typically $593k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $34k
- Commercial alterations3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $99k
- Pools and spas2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $78k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $188k
- Multiple homes2
typically $1m
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
- $583k4 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- $400kRbw 3 bdrm transportable dwg & f/s masport Kaituna solid fuel burner 15 Douglas Street
- $135kAlterations - converting living spaces to open plan with supporting beams, renovation/conversion of kitchen/laundry/bathrm spaces, to remove laundry & include a fourth bdrm. 87 Eglinton Street
- $100kNew pool including new pool fences 103 Great North Road
245 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Reconfiguration of existing bathrm. Laundry & coal shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$50k
Alterations to bathrm only- new shower-new toilet-new vanity -new partition wall
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Install new fire & hearth
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of freestanding woodsman the stag onto tiled ash hearth
- Alterations and additions$30k
Remove existing acrylic shower & add a new wet floor style shower
- New homes$583k
4 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$5,500
Alt to dwg - installation of a woodsman kanaku woodbox, freestanding dry woodburner, cac 243695
- Alterations and additions$40k
Bathrm renovation - waterproofing shower area & splash zone.
- Fires and heating$6,200
Install woodsman Tasman mkii woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$81k
New shed with bathrm
- Fires and heating$12k
Install yunca olli woodburner
- Pools and spas$100k
New pool including new pool fences
- Garages, sheds and carports$58k
Construct versatile gge 9m x 6m
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Internal alt to the bathrm & ensuite only, removing the current acrylic showers & replacing with wet area tiled showers, & relocate whb in bathrm
- Fires and heating$2,000
To put a fireplace in house make - yunca model - monte multi burner
- Fires and heating$11k
Installation of a yunca monte multi-with wetback through exisiting penetration
- Garages, sheds and carports$95k
New placemaker shed as gge. The building is in a flood plain & requires a section 73
- Alterations and additions$75k
25m� bdrm add & new entry layout
- 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
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
New 3 bay shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Replacement land application system (las) to existing 4,500 l septic tank & 1,000 l pump chamber.Installation of two mounded lped trenches designed in accordance with as/nzs 1547:2012.Design loading 1,000 l/day for 3-bdrm dwg.
- Fires and heating$9,700
Installation of a yunca monte base
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1
Amendment - as built drainage plan
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Remove a small section of wall between the dining & kitchen within a existing dwg with a rafter roof framing.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Adding 25sqm deck to upper floor of dwg
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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.