Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Devonport
17,131 new homes were consented in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $3.37b of non-residential building work, up 5% on the year before. In Devonport itself, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 381 consents we hold in Devonport, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Devonport’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Auckland, 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 21,301 in 2022.
New homes in Devonport
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Devonport, Cheltenham. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 5 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 — Auckland, 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.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Devonport
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 381 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 additions134
27 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Pools and spas19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $93k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Garages, sheds and carports13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- New homes12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $865k
- Fires and heating10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $4,750
- Commercial alterations8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Retaining walls7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.2mRbw - stage 1 of 1: new 6 two storey detached dwgs, each with 4 bdrm, 1 study, 2.5 bathrm & single internal gge, site retaining walls 80 Ngataringa Road
- $2mRbw - two level dwg, with dbl internal access gge, four bedrooms, two ensuites & 1.5 bathrooms. Light weight colorsteel profiled metal roofing & part wall cladding & brick veneer cla 26A Queens Parade
- $2mRbw - new additions (with additional household unit at downstairs) to include swimming pool, pool shed, new deck, a carport, layout changes & new bdrm. New detention tank & retaining walls 6 Flagstaff Terrace
- $950kRbw - new extension to rear of existing detached dwg. Includes reconfigured internal walls, new roof, new deck to rear, repositioned new internal stair, reconfiguration of services, new internal 1 Arawa Avenue
- $900kRbw- add & alt to ground floor of dbl storey dwg. New second living room add. Renovate bathrooms, relocate laundry, relocate kitchen. Add internal partitions to convert exi 33 Cheltenham Road
381 consents
- Fit-outs$15k
Rbw - amendment to bco10406350 - replacing some existing rotten timber piles with new piles replacing some bearers & adding new bearer lines next to inter-tenancy wall new subfloor bracing calculati
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw - renovation of an existing detached dwg, adding new bdrm & bathrm, relocating kitchen & dining, & renovating existing bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$10k
R1 - single storey detached dwg. Add of an ensuite - shower, basin & wc.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Construct foul drainage
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - alts+ adds ext single level dwg. Replace entrance porch & stairs, provide open plan living dining kitchen area - remove ext bdrm, internal wall, add new beam over to support roof, reconf
- Alterations and additions$40k
Rbw - removal & relocation of a bracing wall within a res dwg to create open plan living & the installation of a timber beam to maintain the integrity of the existing structure. & e
- Pools and spas$50k
Installation of new in ground fibreglass pool & pool fence, ring fenced.
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Rbw - to change an existing internal wall from brick to timber framing.
- Garages, sheds and carports$348k
Rbw - demolish existing gge & carport. Alterations & additions to an existing brick & tile house to accommodate new living, dining, kitchen, bathrooms & bedrooms. Connection to existing sw
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$90k
Rbw - reclad - alt to change the cladding to the rear single level part of the existing 2-level part house & chimney to match the weatherboard cladding on the existing level 2 walls. Reinstat
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - internal renovation involves alt to bathrm, kitchen, adding new bathrm & convert part of the wall to sliding door.
- Retaining walls$125k
Timber pole retaining wall, & drainage including one x catchpit, one x manhole, pipework.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - amendment to bco10408016 - requested during the site inspection on 15.04.2026. Removing non-compliant direct fixed plaster cladding & replacing it with resene construction plaster systems over
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw - new bathrm with new tiled level entry shower to existing dwg.
- Fires and heating$5,759
Remove existing fire & flue. Install new fire & flue (woodsman flare)
- Alterations and additions$500k
Rbw - lower level extension to an exiting 2 story dwg. Enclosing existing upper level deck. Works to existing rumpus room. New bathrm on site storm water tank.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Rbw - alterations to existing bathrm to change it from a large bathrm to a small ensuite, removing the bath, & creating a walk-in wardrobe, accessed from the front bdrm. Bracing changes to ot
- New homes$2m
Rbw - two level dwg, with dbl internal access gge, four bedrooms, two ensuites & 1.5 bathrooms. Light weight colorsteel profiled metal roofing & part wall cladding & brick veneer cla
- Alterations and additions$450k
Rbw -new cladding to replace existing to upper storey. New windows to upper storey. Remedial work to existing deck. New screen on northern side. Internal alterations. New plumbing fittings to bathrm
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - proposed wall removal between dining & lounge. New beam & bracing, fireplace removed
- Commercial alterations$300k
Reclad - rbw - reclad one wing of existing house, external walls & roof. Construct 2 story extension containing bdrm on the upper floor, involving adjustment stair landing & office & storage
- Alterations and additions$2m
Rbw - new additions (with additional household unit at downstairs) to include swimming pool, pool shed, new deck, a carport, layout changes & new bdrm. New detention tank & retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$250k
Rbw - proposed replacement of existing cladding & joinery with new. Removal of existing sunroom & replacement with membrane deck & new doors. Removal of existing roof glazing & replacement wit
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - renovation to an existing 1988 pan-abode home. The new construction involves minor alterations to the upper floor, while the g round floor remains unchanged. Extension to upper floor bdrm &
- Alterations and additions$40k
Rbw - replacing the existing internal membrane gutter, new gutter construction & membrane. Replace metal roofing around new membrane gutter
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Devonport?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b 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.