Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Brightwater
280 new homes were consented in the Tasman District council area in the year to September 2026, down 5% on the year before. They also consented $142m of non-residential building work, up 81% on the year before. Below: 188 consents we hold in Brightwater, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tasman District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tasman District, 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 661 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tasman District, 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$45.8m
7 buildings · 9,720 m² new floor area · $4,131/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$27.8m
2 buildings · 4,226 m² new floor area · $6,425/m² new · +4320% on the year before
- Education$20.6m
1 building · 1,160 m² new floor area · $13,793/m² new · +458% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15m
6 buildings · 7,502 m² new floor area · $1,882/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9.3m
2 buildings · 1,979 m² new floor area · $4,118/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Offices$7.5m
3 buildings · 776 m² new floor area · $5,528/m² new · +126% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.7m
19 buildings · 8,768 m² new floor area · $575/m² new · +185% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5.1m
3 buildings · 1,711 m² new floor area · $2,981/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$4.6m
3 buildings · 1,230 m² new floor area · $3,541/m² new · +151% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$610k
1 building · 132 m² new floor area · $3,485/m² new · +4% on the year before
Consents on record in Brightwater
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 188 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 heating47
8 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions33
5 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- New homes23
3 in the last 12 months · typically $391k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $15k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $118k
- Pools and spas3
typically $89k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $902k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $320k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $902kNew x4 attached units with attached garages 58 Higgins Road, Brightwater
- $800kDwg with log burner, outdoor fire & wastewater system 130 terrace Rd Cust pt rs 7809 235 River Terrace Road, Brightwater
- $523kConstruct dwg with internal access gge 11 Ara o Puihi, Brightwater
- $320kConstruct retaining wall 76 Teapot Valley Road, Brightwater
- $300kConstruct second dwg with in-built woodburner 13-15 Telenius Road, Brightwater
188 consents
- Fires and heating$3,500
Fireplace freestanding only using an exisiting flue
- Alterations and additions$29k
Extension & internal alt to dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$180k
Construct shed
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
Construct a gge with sleepout
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$35k
Internal alt for sleepout
- New homes$300k
Construct second dwg with in-built woodburner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Multiple homes$902k
New x4 attached units with attached garages
- Fires and heating$12k
Install blaze king chinook 30 freestanding uleb woodfire & flue
- Retaining walls$320k
Construct retaining wall
- New homes$523k
Construct dwg with internal access gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$75k
Replace cladding
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
Construct deck & stairs
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal & external alterations to dwg
- Alterations and additions$60k
Extension to dwg
- Alterations and additions$300k
New foundation, extension & alt to dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- New homes$800k
Dwg with log burner, outdoor fire & wastewater system 130 terrace Rd Cust pt rs 7809
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install freestanding wood burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$50k
Shed has been converted to a sleepout
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Suburbs in Brightwater
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Brightwater?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 280 new homes consented in the Tasman District council area, with $166m of residential and $142m 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.