Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Leamington
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. In Leamington itself, 88 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 284 consents we hold in Leamington, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Leamington’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Leamington
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 5 statistical areas that make up most of it: Leamington Central, Leamington South, Leamington East, Leamington West, Cambridge Park-River Garden. In the year to September 2026: 42 houses, 46 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 — 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 Leamington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 284 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 additions66
12 in the last 12 months · typically $46k
- Fires and heating31
9 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes26
6 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Garages, sheds and carports21
6 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Multiple homes14
8 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Pools and spas9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening6
typically $88k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
typically $100k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $18k
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
- $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
- $1.6mRbw - housing (multi-unit dwgs) - 5 new 2-storey townhouses across 2 blocks (block a & block b - lots 1-5) 2 Byron Street
- $1.5mRbw - three new four-bdrm detached dwgs (lots 1-3), single car garages. Public & private services & connections. New retaining walls, driveway, vehicle crossing, detention tanks & timber 14 Addison Street
- $1.3m260344 - lot 24 - construction of 2 x new timber framed single level duplex dwgs, each with attached single gge. Unit 1 will be a 2 x bdrm dwg, with the other 3 x units each with 3 x bedrooms 24 Hemans Street
284 consents
- 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.
- Alterations and additions$399k
Alterations to an existing 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
- Fires and heating$7,000
260497 - installation of metro eco extreme rad leg woodfire & flue
- Pools and spas$62k
260575 - installation of pool & permanent pool fencing - grandeur 9 - 37,000l
- Fires and heating$8,900
260605 - lot 2 - install firenzo stella uleb freestanding woodburner onto tiled floor
- New homes$2.3m
Rbw - 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports$650k
260270 - lot 6 - to construct a 4 bdrm, 2.5 bathrm home with dbl gge
- Multiple homes$1.3m
260344 - lot 24 - construction of 2 x new timber framed single level duplex dwgs, each with attached single gge. Unit 1 will be a 2 x bdrm dwg, with the other 3 x units each with 3 x bedrooms
- Multiple homes$1.2m
260433 - lot 7 - construction of 2 duplex dwgs, each with attached single gge, constructed over firth ribraft foundations & will be clad in brick & james hardie sheet claddings. All roofing is coloursteel trapezoidal iron with powder coated a
- Multiple homes$1.3m
260440 - lot 1 - 2 duplexes dwgs, each lot has 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms
- Fires and heating$2,000
260441 - lot 7 - install kent aspiring free standing wood fire
- New homes$495k
260448 - lot 25 - new single storey 4 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
260477 - shorten existing braced wall between the kitchen & lounge to open up the space. New bracing to match existing capacity on the existing wall.
- Alterations and additions$195k
New add of bedrooms at front of dwg. New attached housing - detached dwgs
- New homes$500k
260120 - lot 2 - construction of a single storey, 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$570k
260166 - lot 2 - new 3 bdrm 2 bathrm, single storey dwg with attached gge
- Multiple homes$900k
260219 - lot 3 - new res two story duplex
- Alterations and additions$100k
260272 - alt existing house creating a open plan living. Convert existing kitchen to a 3Rd bed. Existing storage to a tiled ensuite. Laundry & bathrm altered to create a tile bath. Laundry moved to a nook. Gable roof to extend to kitchen extern
- Alterations and additions$15k
260275 - removal of existing window arrangement & replaced with new slightly wider window requiring a lintel design. Rusticated weatherboard to remainder of infilled opening to match with existing.
- Multiple homes$780k
260283 - future lots 3 & 4 - single storey duplex - each 2 bed, 2 bath, single gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
260334 - lot 1 - construct new 6 x 6 gge
- New homes$276k
260366 - lot 2 - 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms single storey dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$4,500
260421 - install new wood burner fireplace
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Leamington?
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.