Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Cable Bay
314 new homes were consented in the Far North District council area in the year to September 2026, up 38% on the year before. They also consented $60.7m of non-residential building work, about level with the year before. Below: 1,029 consents we hold in Cable 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 Far North District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Far North 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 541 in 2004.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Far North 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.
- Education$11.9m
3 buildings · 471 m² new floor area · $4,246/m² new · −13% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$10.7m
4 buildings · 1,584 m² new floor area · $4,962/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9m
7 buildings · 1,458 m² new floor area · $3,575/m² new · −28% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7m
8 buildings · 3,705 m² new floor area · $1,421/m² new · −31% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$5.4m
2 buildings · 674 m² new floor area · $6,306/m² new · +1368% on the year before
- Offices$5m
2 buildings · 1,427 m² new floor area · $1,367/m² new · +111% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.6m
31 buildings · 6,328 m² new floor area · $645/m² new · +40% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.2m
6 buildings · 2,980 m² new floor area · $1,418/m² new · +227% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.9m
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −65% on the year before
Consents on record in Cable Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,029 from 26 Feb 1993 to 2 Nov 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 homes40
8 in the last 12 months · typically $463k
- Alterations and additions34
5 in the last 12 months · typically $67k
- Garages, sheds and carports20
2 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Fires and heating16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Relocated buildings11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Pools and spas6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $98k
- Retaining walls6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- Commercial alterations5
2 in the last 12 months
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening5
typically $152k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kNew dbl storey three - bdrm dwg, with attached 65 Stratford Drive, Cable Bay
- $872kDwg with detached gge 38 Dudley Crescent, Cable Bay
- $540kProposed 3-bdrm dwg 22 Dudley Crescent, Cable Bay
- $450kNew detached dwg 15-17 Eagles Way, Cable Bay
- $210kNew 70m2 two bdrm dwg & dec 211C Cable Bay Block Road, Cable Bay
1,029 consents
- Fit-outs
Installation of machines, plumbing and electrical for laundromat self service retail fitout. No restricted building work
- New homes
New 3 bedroom single story dwelling with single cladding type, attached garage & new retaining wall
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs
Proposed 1 bedroom dwelling with attached deck
- New homes
New 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom dwelling with internal access garage
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Two-bedroom dwelling on timber pile foundations with an on-site wastewater treatment system.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
Proposed alteration to existing dwelling which includes changes to the joinery from two windows to a large window and additions to the decks. Proposed retaining wall which creates a building platform for a granny flat which is under an exemption
- Garages, sheds and carports
New 49sqm Garage
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
New Steel framed dwelling on ribraft foundation with Sleepout founded on timber pile foundation with On site watse water disposal
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
Proposed New cabin
- Fires and heating$7,500
Fireplace firenzo Napier ag sfh
- New homes$210k
New 70m2 two bdrm dwg & dec
- Pools and spas
Swimming pool fencing (swimming pool is less than 35,000L)
- New homes$450k
New detached dwg
- Commercial alterations
PIM ONLY - New Factory built classroom/workspace to be delivered to site
- Alterations and additions$189k
New extension to existing dwg,
- Relocated buildings
New Detached 3 Bedroom Residential Domestic Relocated Dwelling with Decks and onsite waste water system
- Alterations and additions$100k
New transportable home with sed pro
- Fires and heating
Replacement of existing freestanding fireplace with similar new model making use of existing penetration through the roof
- New homes$540k
Proposed 3-bdrm dwg
- Commercial alterations
PIM ONLY - New Factory built dwelling to be delivered to site and connect to services
- New homes$872k
Dwg with detached gge
- Alterations and additions$11k
Install of a nectre bakers oven, dr
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs
Proposed new verandah, internal staircases, minor timber internal framing infills and new bathroom. Refurbish some cladding. Install a free-standing fireplace.
- Garages, sheds and carports$41k
Il1 shed & retaining wall
- New homes$900k
New dbl storey three - bdrm dwg, with attached
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Suburbs in Cable Bay
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cable Bay?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 314 new homes consented in the Far North District council area, with $164m of residential and $60.7m 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.