Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōtara
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 Ōtara itself, 95 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 196 consents we hold in Ōtara, 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 Ōtara’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 Ōtara
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 8 statistical areas that make up most of it: Ferguson, Ōtara South West, Ōtara East, Ōtara Central, Ōtara West, Ōtara South, Rongomai West, Rongomai East. In the year to September 2026: 28 houses, 67 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 Ōtara
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 196 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 homes44
9 in the last 12 months · typically $403k
- Alterations and additions39
4 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Multiple homes29
8 in the last 12 months · typically $850k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $134k
- Fires and heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,752
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
typically $130k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $138k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $276k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $52k
- Insulation2
typically $3,300
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3mRbw - demolition of existing buildings & to construct four two storey standalone dwgs - lot 1,2,3 & 4 each unit with 4 bed rooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 separate toilet, kitchen, dining, living, laun 243 Preston Road
- $2.2mRbw - proposed development of two blocks, each containing 4 units (units 12-15 & 16-19), with private drainage. Each two-storey unit has 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm, except unit 15 which has 3 bdrm 21 Bolton Place
- $2.2mRbw - proposed two x two-storey duplex (lot 1&2 - unit 1-4, lot 3 &4 - unit 5-8) each comprising one m.Bdrm, common shared, kitchen, dining, living, underground detention tanks & retaining walls 12 Flinders Place
- $1.3mRbw - construction of four two-storey dwgs, each containing three bedrooms & a single gge, drain bridging & associated retaining walls. 47 Ferguson Road
- $990kRbw - two-storey dwg/ gge duplex (unit 3 & 4 only)- 3 bedrooms, detention tank to unit 3 only & associated drainage 47 Ashton Avenue
196 consents
- Multiple homes$990k
Rbw - two-storey dwg/ gge duplex (unit 3 & 4 only)- 3 bedrooms, detention tank to unit 3 only & associated drainage
- New homes$479k
Construction of single storey res dwg, 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm with an attached gge
- New homes$435k
Construction of single storey res dwg. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with an attached gge
- New homes$371k
Construction of single storey res dwg. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study with an attached gge
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Alt to dwg - installation of tropicair duo, freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac164316
- Alterations and additions$30k
Renovations to an existing bathrm, it will become a
- Multiple homes$2.2m
Rbw - proposed development of two blocks, each containing 4 units (units 12-15 & 16-19), with private drainage. Each two-storey unit has 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm, except unit 15 which has 3 bdrm
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Rbw - construction of four two-storey dwgs, each containing three bedrooms & a single gge, drain bridging & associated retaining walls.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$125k
Rbw - repair of fire damage to existing dwg & installation of interconnected smoke alarms, including full replacement of roof truss structure.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Alt to dwg - installation of woodsman kanaku wood box (uleb), freestanding, dry, wood burner, cac 243695.
- Alterations and additions$80k
Amendment to bco10404293 - upgrading the reid wing fire alarm to a type 4 system.
- Multiple homes$580k
Rbw - new 2 storey duplex. Lot 2 with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & single gge. Lot 3 with 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & single gge. New detention tanks.
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Construction of a gge 10x6
- New homes$517k
Rbw - building a two storey house, palliside & vertical oblique clad, metal tile roof. Comprised of five bedrooms, one wir, two living, 3.5 bathrooms, one kitchen & one dining detention stormwater
- Multiple homes$898k
Rbw - 3 x new two storey dwgs each with three bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms. New detention tanks.
- Multiple homes$2.2m
Rbw - proposed two x two-storey duplex (lot 1&2 - unit 1-4, lot 3 &4 - unit 5-8) each comprising one m.Bdrm, common shared, kitchen, dining, living, underground detention tanks & retaining walls
- Multiple homes$3m
Rbw - demolition of existing buildings & to construct four two storey standalone dwgs - lot 1,2,3 & 4 each unit with 4 bed rooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 separate toilet, kitchen, dining, living, laun
- Multiple homes$278k
Rbw - new 2 units to the existing property rear yard, not a subdivision project
- New homes$250k
Rbw - build a new single storey dwg, including two bedrooms, one study, one bathrm, living, dining, kitchen, & private drainage.
- New homes$245k
Rbw - build a new single storey dwg, including two bedrooms, one study, one bathrm, living, dining, kitchen & private drainage.
- New homes$190k
Rbw - removal of existing gge & gge extension & build a single storey 2 bdrm & bathrm open living space dwg
- New homes$245k
Rbw - build a new single storey dwg, including 2 bedrooms, 1 study, 1 bathrm, living, dining, kitchen & private drainage.
- New homes$850k
Demolish existing house, & build new single-storey, housing - detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$15k
Removal of the boundary brick wall to allow for the installation of a keystone blockwork retaining wall along the site boundary.
- Multiple homes$3m
Rbw - construction of six two-storey townhouses. Dwgs 1-2 four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, dwgs 3-4 three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, & dwgs 5-6 two bedrooms & bathrm. Includes stormwa
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōtara?
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.