Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waitākere
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 Waitākere itself, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 122 consents we hold in Waitākere, 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 Waitākere’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 Waitākere
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Waitākere, Waitākere Ranges North. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 1 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 Waitākere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 122 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.
- Fires and heating24
5 in the last 12 months · typically $4,999
- Alterations and additions14
6 in the last 12 months · typically $94k
- New homes11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $696k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $63k
- Pools and spas4
typically $88k
- Retaining walls3
typically $100k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
typically $120k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $92k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
typically $120k
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 - construction of a new detached 2-storey family home & gge with external swimming pool. Dining, living, kitchen, scullery & laundry. 1x guest/office, 1x kids room, 2x bathrooms, 3 bdrm 28 Te Aute Ridge Road
- $1.9mRbw - new two level home, separate single level pool house, concrete pool, assoc patios & decks. On-site waste water, swimming pool. 10 Amreins Road
- $800kRbw - construction of a single level detached dwg consisting of four bedrooms & attached gge. 91 Arrowsmith Road
- $143kConstruct shed on engineered foundations with bathrm & home workshop. 189-199 Anzac Valley Road
- $110kRbw - extension of existing dwg to add two bedrooms, one study & one bathrm. 14B Wairere Road
122 consents
- Alterations and additions$30k
Construction of awning 5m x 20m, installation of 1 x ranch slider, installation of 1 x toilet, hand basin & shower
- Fires and heating$7,000
install replacement woodfire & flue into timber cavity.
- Fires and heating$8,200
installation of solid wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$143k
Construct shed on engineered foundations with bathrm & home workshop.
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - internal alterations with engineering, new internal balustrade, new plumbing, new roof flue & altered window, block infill, replace front door & improve ramp as per sed.
- Alterations and additions$110k
Rbw - extension of existing dwg to add two bedrooms, one study & one bathrm.
- Fires and heating$9,800
Installation of solid wood burner (hunter aspect 80b)
- Fires and heating$8,000
Sfh - install freestanding woodfire & flue (firenzo stella).
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Housing (detached dwg) - installation of a 2-storey freestanding masport hurinui fireplace with new flue & flashings
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Modification of existing ensuite to replace existing fittings (which do not need consent) & to install an additional plumbing fixture (a bathtub - which does need consent). Work involves removal of
- New homes$800k
Rbw - construction of a single level detached dwg consisting of four bedrooms & attached gge.
- Alterations and additions$19k
New ensuite, walk in wardrobe, & storage cupboard.
- New homes$1.9m
Rbw - new two level home, separate single level pool house, concrete pool, assoc patios & decks. On-site waste water, swimming pool.
- Commercial alterations$40k
Installation of new onsite wastewater system to support the use of the tv room & upstairs office as two additional bedrooms, increasing dwg capacity & ensuring compliant wastewater management
- Fires and heating$6,000
install freestanding woodfire & flue -masport Wanaka
- New commercial buildings$3m
Rbw - construction of a new detached 2-storey family home & gge with external swimming pool. Dining, living, kitchen, scullery & laundry. 1x guest/office, 1x kids room, 2x bathrooms, 3 bdrm
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$250k
Rbw - partial re-clad to existing dwg with new horizontal weatherboardcladding systems over cavity only on north & west eleva tion of the dwg, with kitchen add, replacement of existin
- Relocated buildings$92k
Rbw- relocate existing 105m2 house to site - new foundations - plumbing & drainage v- new decks & steps
- Fires and heating$7,800
Sfh fixed fee - installation of solid wood burner (firenzo contessa)
- Garages, sheds and carports$24k
Installation of an econotreat et32p on-site wastewater system for shed with discharge to land via pressure compensating dripper irrigation (pcdi).
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$41k
Construction of a new aluminium conservatory on an existing exterior timber deck.
- Pools and spas$300k
Rbw - alt to existing dining room. New deck & pool barrier in outdoor space.
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a masport Kaituna
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install replacement woodfire & flue - woodsman Brunner mk11
- Relocated buildings$50k
Rbw - relocate minor dwg to site. New on-site wastewater & stormwater drainage, new driveway
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitākere?
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.