Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Epsom
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 Epsom itself, 135 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 461 consents we hold in Epsom, 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 Epsom’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 Epsom
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 6 statistical areas that make up most of it: Epsom North, Epsom Central-North, Epsom Central-South, Mount St John, Epsom East, Epsom South. In the year to September 2026: 28 houses, 105 townhouses and units, 2 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 Epsom
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 461 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 additions126
39 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- New homes44
9 in the last 12 months · typically $465k
- Garages, sheds and carports24
8 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Fires and heating21
9 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening18
4 in the last 12 months · typically $275k
- Pools and spas14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $83k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,750
- Multiple homes11
7 in the last 12 months · typically $1.8m
- Insulation11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs9
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
- $2.1mRbw - pbc e2e - lot 2 - new 3 storey dwg with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, lift & attached dbl gge. New retaining wall & detention tank 28 Wilding Avenue
- $2.1mRbw - construction of total 4 new dwgs. Three units contain four bedrooms, one unit contains five bedrooms. Includes stormwater tanks, dbl internal gge, single internal gge, & retainin 54 Buckley Road
- $2mRbw - demolition works. Construction of 2 storey house, swimming pool, ret walls, driveway & earthworks at lot 2. Construction of gge with wc, ret wall, driveway & earthworks at lot 1. Details refe 12 Golf Road
- $1.9mRbw - new three detached three-storey dwgs, including four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a kitchen, dbl gge. The new retaining wall & new driveway. 2 Halifax Avenue
- $1.9mRbw - three new two-storey detached dwgs. Each one comprising four bedrooms, one sitting room, kitchen, living, dining, 3.5 bathrooms & dbl gge. Site retaining wall along the north, west a 19 Gorrie Avenue
461 consents
- Demolition$2m
Rbw - demolition works. Construction of 2 storey house, swimming pool, ret walls, driveway & earthworks at lot 2. Construction of gge with wc, ret wall, driveway & earthworks at lot 1. Details refe
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - new internal lift.
- New commercial buildings$1.6m
Rbw - construction of a new detached, 2 storey res dwg with 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, living, dining, kitchen, gym & office with associated retaining walls & drainage.
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - construction of a two-storey detached dwg comprising 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 1 media room, 1 kitchen, 1 dining, 1 living, 1 family room, 1 scullery + laundry, 1 kitchenette, 1 gge. Ne
- Multiple homes$1.9m
Rbw - new three detached three-storey dwgs, including four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a kitchen, dbl gge. The new retaining wall & new driveway.
- Alterations and additions$500k
Rbw - renovation & extension to the rear of existing dwg, including extension of the existing footprint, tying into existing roof & floor structure, two bathrooms, new kitchen, & associated
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$700k
Rbw - full reclad to existing two-storey dwg, replace existing direct-fixed plaster cladding with jsc timber vertical shiplap & james hardie flex cladding systems both over cavity. New metal ro
- Alterations and additions$80k
Rbw - internal alt to dbl storey dwg. Internal refurbishment of existing main level bathrm. Conversion of lower level laundry & study to new bathrm & new laundry.
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Rbw - renovating the existing gge of unit 3 single storey into a bdrm with new window; renovate existing bathrm with shower over bath.
- Alterations and additions$65k
Rbw - proposed alterations to the existing dwg. Minor upgrade internally, with structural beams & posts to support removed walls, new solid fuel woodburner installed in living room, enlarged do
- Alterations and additions$300k
Rbw - extension & alt to existing dwg & reconstruction of existing carport to gge.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$4,800
New kitchen with sink & extract fan to existing gge sleepout.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Level2- unit 6- renovation of existing bathrooms. Tiled showers. All drainage to connect to existing connections. Ventilation to also connect to existing. No other works other than bathrm renovation
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications - metro smart insert to replace existing fire
- Commercial alterations$390k
Convert ensuite to a tiled wet-floor bathrm. Upgrade main bathrm & extension of office & lounge
- New homes$452k
Construct single level three bdrm dwg with attached single gge
- New homes$453k
Construct single level three bdrm dwg with attached single gge
- Commercial alterations$6,500
Install metro wee curve freestanding woodburner in outside bar / eatery complex
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - pbc e2e - lot 2 - new 3 storey dwg with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, lift & attached dbl gge. New retaining wall & detention tank
- Multiple homes$1.8m
Rbw- three standalone two storey houses, each with a dbl gge & kitchen, living, dining, 2-3 bathrm, & 4 bdrm. Site retaining walls, & drainage.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - pbc e2e: alterations & additions to existing single storey dwg to include new kitchen, dining room, bathrooms, wc & a luminium joinery dbl glazing windows
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Rbw - construction of house 2 & 3 being 2 two-storey detached dwgs (lots 2&3) as part of a subdivision, each with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, dbl internal gge. Include stormwater soakhole
- Alterations and additions$18k
Rbw - alterations to the existing dwg. Alterations to rumpus into two bedrooms. Renovate ground level bathrm with new additional toilet.
- Alterations and additions$95k
Rbw - alterations to existing dwg including tiled bathrm & ensuite renovations, construction of new deck, removal of internal walls, new smoke alarms, waterproofing & associated building wo
- Pools and spas$5,000
1.2m high aluminium pool fencing with one gate, self closing hinges & f9 compliant latch. 1.8m high aluminium fence, 1.2m long whe re the internal fence meets the existing boundary solid timber fenc
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Epsom?
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.