Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Long Bay
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 Long Bay itself, 111 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 409 consents we hold in Long Bay, 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 Long Bay’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 Long Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Long Bay. In the year to September 2026: 80 houses, 1 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 30 retirement village units.
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 Long Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 409 from 1 Aug 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.
- New homes215
36 in the last 12 months · typically $980k
- Alterations and additions16
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New commercial buildings12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Pools and spas11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,686
- Multiple homes2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $2.8m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $535k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $66k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $99k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $4mRbw - stage 1 of 4 of the development, second row from the southern boundary. 4 townhouse blocks & each townhouse have 3 units [12 in total]. Each unit has 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm upstairs, 1 powder 203 Glenvar Road
- $4mRbw - stage 1 of intended 4 stages - 12 two-storey townhouses of t2 typography for retirement village development, comprised in four townhouse blocks, each townhouse has three units. Each unit has two 203 Glenvar Road
- $2.5mRbw - new two-storey dwg, comprising of five bedrooms, four bathrooms, one powder room, & lounge/gaming room, with open space living, dining, breakfast, tea-room, & kitchen, with scullery & 17 Ridgelea Road
- $2mRbw - stage 1 of the retirement village. 2 townhouse blocks & each townhouse have 3 units. Each unit have 2 bathrooms & 1 bathrm upstairs, 1 kitchen & 1 living space at the ground floor. 203 Glenvar Road
- $1.6mRbw - x 6 two-storey dwgs; lot 1-2: three bedrooms, one family room, three bathrooms, kitchen, dining, living. Lot 3-6: two bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, kitchen, dining, living. 14 Ashley Avenue
409 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$66k
60m2 shed with tank & overflow
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - construction of a new two-storey detached dwg, including five bedrooms, five bathrooms plus one toilet, kitchen, internal dbl gge. New retaining wall.
- New homes$821k
Rbw - pbc e2e new single storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. New retention tank & keystone retaining wall
- New homes$1.5m
Rbw - construction of a new two-storey detached dwg, including six bedrooms, four bathrooms plus toilet, kitchen, internal dbl gge. New retaining wall.
- New homes$1m
Rbw - two storey dwg with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, one wc, & dbl gge. Includes sw tank & retaining walls.
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - new two-storey dwgs, including 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 wc, 1 kitchen-dining-family. 1 scullery, 1 laundry, 1 living, 1 dbl gge. Deck. Max 0.7m h concrete block rtw. Total area 379.
- New homes$600k
Rbw - pbc e2e new 2 storey with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms & dbl gge. New retaining walls & retention tank
- New homes$1.1m
Rbw - 2 level dwg, with dbl internal access gge, 4 bedrooms, ensuite, bathrm & guest wc. Light weight colorsteel roofing, brick veneer lower floor cladding, & jh oblique upper floor c
- New homes$790k
Rbw - pbc e2e: new 2 storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. New retention tank
- New homes$1.3m
Rbw - new 2 storey dwg with 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, lift & attached dbl gge. New dual purpose tank.
- New homes$1.2m
Rbw - pbc - new 2 storey dwg with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. New retaining wall & retention tank
- Multiple homes$4m
Rbw - stage 1 of 4 of the development, second row from the southern boundary. 4 townhouse blocks & each townhouse have 3 units [12 in total]. Each unit has 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm upstairs, 1 powder
- New homes$1.1m
Rbw - propose a 2-level detached dwg with a dbl gge, featuring an open-plan kitchen, dining, & living area on the ground level, along with an outdoor courtyard leads to swimming pool. Fou
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1.1m
Rbw - new two-storey dwg, including 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 1 toilet, kitchen, mini kitchen, dining, living, lounge, sitting, dbl gge, retaining wall & private drainage. Dual-purpose tan
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - construction of one two-storey detached dwg, comprising five bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, dbl internal gge. Includes stormwater tank, retaining walls.
- New homes$2.5m
Rbw - new two-storey dwg, comprising of five bedrooms, four bathrooms, one powder room, & lounge/gaming room, with open space living, dining, breakfast, tea-room, & kitchen, with scullery &
- Pools and spas$8,000
Install new pool fencing.
- New homes$1.5m
Pbc e2e - rbw - new 2 storey dwg with 7 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms & attached triple gge. New retaining walls & dual purpose tanks
- New homes$1.1m
Rbw - pbc e2e - new 2 storey dwg with 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. New retaining wall & dual purpose tank.
- New homes$1.1m
Rbw - construction of a two-storey detached dwg, including four bedrooms, four bathrooms plus one toilet, kitchen, dbl internal gge. New retaining walls, outdoor fireplace & onsite storm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Common accessway drainage including a type 2 catchpit, 150 mm channel drain, 8 m & 10 m dispersion trenches, & lot 2 septic tank replacement with a fujiclean ace1200, pressure-compensating dripper
- Pools and spas$80k
Installation of swimming pool fence (proposed swimming pool under 25,000 liters, exempt work, no part of this consent).
- New homes$1.5m
Rbw - new 3 storey dwg with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, & attached dbl gge. New retaining wall & retention tank.
- Fires and heating$8,082
Sfh fixed fee - install new fire & flue up through mid floor & second story wardrobe (woodsman serene)
- New commercial buildings$1.6m
Rbw - a new proposed dwg with 3 stories, 5 bedrooms & 6.5-bathrm, gym room, office room, dbl gge, a workshop, keystone & timber retaining wall ,underground sw tank, a lift & priva
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Long Bay?
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.