Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Amberley
133 new homes were consented in the Hurunui District council area in the year to September 2026, down 3% on the year before. They also consented $19m of non-residential building work, up 56% on the year before.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hurunui District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hurunui 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 205 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Hurunui 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.
- Hospitals and health$7m
1 building · 1,350 m² new floor area · $5,185/m² new · +2233% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.3m
4 buildings · 1,484 m² new floor area · $2,889/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.7m
40 buildings · 7,343 m² new floor area · $467/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$1.7m
1 building · 818 m² new floor area · $2,078/m² new
- Social, cultural and religious$710k
1 building · 55 m² new floor area · $4,182/m² new · +315% on the year before
- Education$615k
1 building · 11 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +78% on the year before
- Offices$500k
−59% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$265k
1 building · 15 m² new floor area · $5,000/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$143k
−76% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$131k
2 buildings · 71 m² new floor area · $1,321/m² new · −56% on the year before
Consents on record in Amberley
We do not hold any consents in Amberley yet. They arrive as councils publish their records; the official figures above count every one.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Amberley?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 133 new homes consented in the Hurunui District council area, with $70.8m of residential and $19m 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.