Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Cambridge
564 new homes were consented in the Waipa District council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $77.7m of non-residential building work, down 35% on the year before. Below: 1,192 consents we hold in Cambridge, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waipa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waipa 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 913 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 — Waipa 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.
- Warehouses and storage$23.7m
9 buildings · 12,358 m² new floor area · $1,892/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$13.3m
6 buildings · 5,869 m² new floor area · $1,896/m² new · −33% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.9m
64 buildings · 18,003 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.8m
2 buildings · 1,225 m² new floor area · $6,731/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8m
7 buildings · 2,719 m² new floor area · $2,815/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Offices$7.7m
2 buildings · 936 m² new floor area · $2,762/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.6m
2 buildings · 1,066 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
−57% on the year before
Consents on record in Cambridge
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,192 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.
- Alterations and additions237
37 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Fires and heating139
28 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes131
30 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Pools and spas93
12 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports90
12 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Multiple homes22
10 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater22
4 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening21
8 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts17
typically $70k
- Relocated buildings16
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.3mRbw - 4x two-storey standalone, 3 bedrooms, 1 master bdrm, lounge, wc, common shr, 2 ensuite, kitchen, dining, single gge with internal access, retaining walls & aquacomb pod layout. 3 Browning Street, Leamington
- $2mRbw - seven, new two-storey dwgs consist of three bedrooms, two livings, two baths, one wc, kitchen, dining & a single attached gge 32 Hamilton Road, Cambridge
- $2m260552 - lot 10 - to construct two new 2-unit duplex's. Unit 1 is a 2 bdrm, 2 bathrm with single garages. Unit 2, 3 & 4 are both 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm with single garages. 3 Browning Street, Leamington
- $1.9m260537 - lot 2 - new 4 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge 3/158 Maungakawa Road, Cambridge
- $1.6mRbw - housing (multi-unit dwgs) - 5 new 2-storey townhouses across 2 blocks (block a & block b - lots 1-5) 2 Byron Street, Leamington
1,192 consents
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$25k
R2 - repairs & reinstatement to portion of a dbl-storey house foundation wall.
- Multiple homes$600k
260172 - lot 1 - proposed two storey duplex with attached gge
- Multiple homes$600k
260173 - lot 2 - proposed two storey duplex with attached gge
- New homes$600k
260502 - lot 2 - new detached, single level, timber framed, 3-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge, all on concrete slab
- New homes$1.9m
260537 - lot 2 - new 4 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge
- Multiple homes$2m
260552 - lot 10 - to construct two new 2-unit duplex's. Unit 1 is a 2 bdrm, 2 bathrm with single garages. Unit 2, 3 & 4 are both 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm with single garages.
- New homes$250k
260556 - lot 5 - proposed construction of single bdrm 50m2 secondary dwg with an attached 2-car gge
- Alterations and additions$50k
260572 - project is to renovate the existing house this includes a small extension (6.79 m2) to the existing building to the south onto new pile foundations.
- New homes$475k
260589 - lot 3 - 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms house with dbl gge
- New homes$650k
260591 - lot 211 - construct a new detached dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$20k
260599 - recladding both front gables (jwo25004)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
260601 - renovating the bathrm, shower cubicle & toilet to create a separate toilet & larger bathrm which will include a tiled shower & another toilet
- New homes$550k
260602 - lot 3 - oversized secondary dwg 108m2 living with attached gge 95m2 & attached covered deck.
- Pools and spas$50k
260606 - construction of new swimming pool
- Pools and spas$65k
260608 - construction of new swimming pool & swimming pool fencing
- New homes$700k
260614 - lot 135 - construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge.
- Pools and spas$68k
260627 - lot 6 - proposed pool & associated pool fencing - symphony 11
- New homes$819k
260645 - lot 207 - new four bdrm dwg with bathrm & ensuite & attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
260656 - lot 2 - to add a shower to an existing en suite
- Alterations and additions$150k
260674 - lot 2 - internal alt & kitchen renovation
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$60k
260690 - lot 3 - re-cladding & replacement of existing windows in two exterior walls
- Alterations and additions$399k
Alterations to an existing dwg
- New homes$475k
New 4 bdrm dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Home relocation + drainage
- New homes$623k
260427 - lot 12 - construction of a 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm, single living & dbl gge home
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Cambridge
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cambridge?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 564 new homes consented in the Waipa District council area, with $321m of residential and $77.7m 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.