Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Howick
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 Howick itself, 176 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 334 consents we hold in Howick, 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 Howick’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 Howick
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Howick Central, Howick East, Howick West. In the year to September 2026: 74 houses, 102 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 Howick
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 334 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 additions65
10 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- New homes50
19 in the last 12 months · typically $640k
- Fires and heating23
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,400
- Multiple homes19
8 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
- Garages, sheds and carports11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater9
typically $10k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening8
5 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs7
typically $30k
- Insulation6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,600
- Retaining walls5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $4.5mRbw- 17 lots of 2 level units. All with living, dining, kitchen, laundry, open parking. Lots 1-7 & 10-16 with 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, & study. Lots 8 & 9 with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Lot 17 with 27 O'Halloran Road
- $4.1mRbw - 6 x three storey standalone dwg/ gge, detention tanks (underground- lot 1 to 4; aboveground- lot 5 & 6), retaining walls, private sewage pump (lot 5 & 6) & associated drainage. 11 Walter MacDonald Street
- $3.7mRbw - construct seven terraced units. Lot 1 & 5: two storey with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, laundry, kitchen-living-dining. Lots 2, 3, 4: three storey with three bedrooms, one bathrm, one ensuit 72A Union Road
- $3mRbw - five x two-storey detached dwg: lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a study, living, dining, kitchen, gge; private drainage, retaining walls 8 Yeoman Place
- $3m3 townhouses. 1x 4 bedrooms, x1 3 bdrm & 1x 2 bdrm, 2 attached garages & 1 car port. 54 Angelo Avenue
334 consents
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$300k
Rbw / reclad - full reclad to existing three level dwg with new timber weatherboard & fibre cement cladding over cavity. New metal roof cladding for second floor extension only. All existing jo
- New homes$1.5m
Rbw -3 x two storey standalone dwg/ gge, retaining walls, detention tanks, wastewater pump (lot 3) & associated drainage.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$150k
Rbw - reclad - amendment - loggia to be revised to include new roof & framing, fireplace location changed & associated floor structure.
- New homes$426k
Rbw - single-storey 3 bedrooms dwg with 2 bathrooms & minor dwg with 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm. Includes associated site works, drainage, plumbing works, onsite stormwater disposal, timber
- New homes$1.6m
Rbw - construction of three (3) two-storey detached dwgs (lots 1, 2 & 3), each comprising four (4) bedrooms, three (3) bathrooms, a family room, kitchen, dining & living areas, laundry, & a s
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$35k
Rbw / partial reclad - new cladding to basement walls with timber weatherboards for dbl storey dwg. New aluminium joinery to replace existing joinery.
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Rbw - convert int upper floor family room into new bdrm.
- Multiple homes$508k
Rbw - construction of a new single-storey duplex dwg comprising two units: . Unit 1: three bedrooms, two bathrooms, & open-plan kitchen, dining, living, & laundry. . Unit 2: one bdrm, one
- New homes$989k
Rbw-pbc e2e- 3x new single storey dwgs, each with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - proposed development: construction of three (lots 1-3) two-storey standalone dwgs: lots 1 & 2: each dwg comprises four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc, kitchen, dining & living are
- Retaining walls$50k
Rbw - this consent (stage 1) is for new retaining walls to facilitate the establishment of approved epa drainage works. Works over approval is required. Separate building consents will be submitted fo
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications - masport r1200.
- Insulation$15k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - insulate & reline part of south & west walls
- New homes$1.9m
Rbw - 8x unit 2 storey dwgs. Units 1-2 (block a) each with 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm. Units 3-4 (block b), 5-6 (block c), 7-8 (block d) each with 3 bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms. New detention tanks
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Rbw - ground floor gge conversion to existing two-storey dwg, including a new workshop, a bdrm & a bathrm with associated new sanitary plumbing work with proprietary pump installation.
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Rbw - proposed master bdrm & ensuite in existing gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$300k
Rbw/reclad - replace the existing cladding with weatherboard. Replace existing kitchen & extend first floor deck. Close in second floor deck & add a ensuite.
- Multiple homes$1.6m
Rbw - construction of three detached two-storey dwgs. Each dwg comprises four bedrooms, three bathrooms (lot 3 only includes 4.5 bathrooms), kitchen/dining & living areas, family room, sin
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - proposed 5 new dwg, each unit has 1 living, 1 dining, 1 kitchen, 4-bdrm, 2.5 bath, 1 internal gge, ret-wall.
- New homes$1.3m
Rbw - lot 2-4 new two-storey dwg, four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, one sitting, one living, one dining, one kitchen, single gge. Drain bridging, stormwater tanks, & timber retaining wall.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$99k
Rbw. New description of works: renovations of the main dwg including bathrm, laundry, windows, decks, bedrooms & basement renovations, & converting part of the basement into a sleepout. Renovat
- New homes$1.1m
Rbw - construction of work that includes 2x new dbl-storey dwgs, each includes 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & an attached gge. New private drainage & retaining walls.
- New homes$1.9m
Pbc e2e - rbw - demolish existing dwg - 4x new 2 storey dwgs each with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls & detention tanks
- Multiple homes$3.7m
Rbw - construct seven terraced units. Lot 1 & 5: two storey with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, laundry, kitchen-living-dining. Lots 2, 3, 4: three storey with three bedrooms, one bathrm, one ensuit
- New homes$490k
Rbw - three-level dwg with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & single gge private drainage (inclusive detention tanks).
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Howick?
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.