Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wattle Downs
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 Wattle Downs itself, 28 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 95 consents we hold in Wattle Downs, 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 Wattle Downs’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 Wattle Downs
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Wattle Downs East, Wattle Downs West, Wattle Downs North. In the year to September 2026: 8 houses, 20 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 Wattle Downs
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 95 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jun 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 additions18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Fires and heating10
typically $5,299
- Pools and spas6
typically $7,250
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $417k
- Multiple homes4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
- Insulation2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2,100
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $68k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.6mRbw- four new two-storey dwgs. Retaining walls lot 6: detached dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, kitchen, living, dining, laundry & single gge. Lot 7--8: duplex dwg. Each unit inclu 6 McQuarrie Avenue
- $2.3mRbw - proposed 5x2 storey dwgs (lot 3-4 duplex, lots 1, 2, 5 standalone). Lot 1 with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & single gge. Lots 2-5 with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc & single gge. Incl 4 McQuarrie Avenue
- $1.6mRbw - proposed 4x2 storey standalone dwgs; lots 1 & 4 with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc & single gge. Lots 2 & 3 with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one family room, one wc & singl 170 Mahia Road
- $790kReposition existing dwg (lot 1), 1 x two storey dwg/ gge duplex (lot 2 & lot 3); retaining walls, aboveground detention tanks & associated drainage. 48 Hobart Crescent
- $95kRbw - repair existing dwg from car damage, timber framed walls with partial new direct fixed bgc duraplank weatherboard cladding. New james hardie axon cladding to 1x gable end only, aluminium jo 25 Gambare Place
95 consents
- Multiple homes$2.3m
Rbw - proposed 5x2 storey dwgs (lot 3-4 duplex, lots 1, 2, 5 standalone). Lot 1 with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & single gge. Lots 2-5 with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc & single gge. Incl
- Multiple homes$2.6m
Rbw- four new two-storey dwgs. Retaining walls lot 6: detached dwg with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, kitchen, living, dining, laundry & single gge. Lot 7--8: duplex dwg. Each unit inclu
- New homes$1.6m
Rbw - proposed 4x2 storey standalone dwgs; lots 1 & 4 with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one wc & single gge. Lots 2 & 3 with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, one family room, one wc & singl
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$95k
Rbw - repair existing dwg from car damage, timber framed walls with partial new direct fixed bgc duraplank weatherboard cladding. New james hardie axon cladding to 1x gable end only, aluminium jo
- Alterations and additions$20k
Kitchen & bathrm, laundry renovation works.
- Insulation$1,700
Install insulmax blown insulation into exterior walls
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Rbw-convert existing gge to habitable space & bathrm, with reclad & structural nib
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Timber deck rebuild, new glass balustrade.
- Multiple homes$790k
Reposition existing dwg (lot 1), 1 x two storey dwg/ gge duplex (lot 2 & lot 3); retaining walls, aboveground detention tanks & associated drainage.
- Alterations and additions$95k
Rbw - house alt with newly added timber walls, new window & newly added pipes for wet area.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$40k
Rbw - pbc e2e - repairs to existing single storey dwg due to storm related flooding event.
- Fires and heating$6,512
Sfh - replacing existing woodfire with brand new metro wee rad woody.
- Farm buildings$91k
New colorsteel implement shed.
- Fires and heating$2,470
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications nectre n65wood fire replaces existing wood fire. Nectre n65
- Fires and heating$6,507
Replacing an old fire with a new solid fuel heater & sea zone flue system (masport Kaituna)
- Fires and heating$8,400
Fireplace freestanding to replace existing fire with new firenzo lady kitchener reusing the existing flashing with the flue running through an existing masonry cavity.
- Alterations and additions$185k
Add of new bdrm with ensuite & extension to dining & living area.
- Alterations and additions$19k
Rbw - install stiltz duo lift
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw- internal alterations to existing 2 storey dwg to provide an extra bdrm, renovated shower area & new entertaining area & rumpus room
- Fires and heating$8,100
Replacing existing woodfire with brand new woodfire (metro xtreme ped)
- Alterations and additions$2,000
COA add of WC
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$60k
Rbw - internal alterations to existing dwg & carport into gge, games room into sleepout.
- Alterations and additions$46k
Rbw - alt to existing bathrm & storage to form larger bathrm with level access shower.
- Alterations and additions$70k
Rbw extension to kitchen, bdrm, en-suite & bathrm. Storage room, converting to two bedrooms & laundry.
- Fires and heating$3,744
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications - jayline fr300 replacing existing fire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wattle Downs?
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.