Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Cape Foulwind
50 new homes were consented in the Buller District council area in the year to September 2026, down 11% on the year before. They also consented $15m of non-residential building work, up 208% on the year before. Below: 25 consents we hold in Cape Foulwind, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Buller District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Buller 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 109 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 — Buller 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.
- Hospitals and health$9.3m
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
3 buildings · 374 m² new floor area · $3,610/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.5m
1 building · 112 m² new floor area · $2,321/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.1m
12 buildings · 4,315 m² new floor area · $256/m² new · +8% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$940k
+282% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$358k
−48% on the year before
- Education$213k
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $698/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Offices$64k
−62% on the year before
Consents on record in Cape Foulwind
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 25 from 1 Sep 2020 to 1 May 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 additions5
typically $6,000
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $250k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $60k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $750k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $200k
- Multiple homes1
typically $2.2m
- New commercial buildings1
typically $409k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $100k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $750kProposed new 2-storey dwg with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wir, kitchen, dining, lounge, tool shed, music studio, yoga, metro wee rad freestanding fireplace & carport. 1004 Cape Foulwind Road, Cape Foulwind
- $600kConstruction of a two-bdrm dwg with bionic fireplace & associated workshop. 20 Clifftop Lane, Cape Foulwind
- $50kConstruction of a pole shed, installation of a new metro wee rad space heater & amenities block 247 Tauranga Bay Road, Cape Foulwind
- $1Internal bathrm & living room alt, construct a timber slat deck on the first floor level. Amendment 1: deck layout revised, joist size, aluminium balustrade amended & addiiton of a firenza contessa ultra fire 48B Lighthouse Road, Cape Foulwind
25 consents
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$1
Internal bathrm & living room alt, construct a timber slat deck on the first floor level. Amendment 1: deck layout revised, joist size, aluminium balustrade amended & addiiton of a firenza contessa ultra fire
- New homes$600k
Construction of a two-bdrm dwg with bionic fireplace & associated workshop.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$750k
Proposed new 2-storey dwg with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, wir, kitchen, dining, lounge, tool shed, music studio, yoga, metro wee rad freestanding fireplace & carport.
- Fires and heating$50k
Construction of a pole shed, installation of a new metro wee rad space heater & amenities block
- New homes$200k
Construction of a two-bdrm, one-bathrm res dwg with a kitchen, living area, metro fire & an attached three-bay gge with laundry. On-site services included.
- Alterations and additions$58k
Re pile part of dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Internal bathrm & living room alt, construct a timber slat deck on the first floor level.
- Alterations and additions$1,800
Extension of 2 existing modular container homes to form one dwg with the add of a nectre bakers oven solid fuel burner amendment 1: height of pole support reduced to veranda with jack stud wall added above pfc beam to support roof
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of a two-bdrm, one-bathrm res dwg with kitchen, living, carport & metro wee rad solid fuel burner. Dwg connected to on-site stormwater & wastewater disposal system. Amendment 1: attached carport removed
- New homes$300k
Construction of a two-bdrm, one-bathrm res dwg with kitchen, living, carport & metro wee rad solid fuel burner. Dwg connected to on-site stormwater & wastewater disposal system.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman ecr novo, no wetback connection.
- Alterations and additions$380k
Extension & alterations to existing dwg.
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install wagener sparky spaceheater
- Relocated buildings$100k
Connect relocatable dwg to foundations & install septic system & water tank
- New commercial buildings$409k
Comeskey: construction of a transportable res dwg, consisting of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, with open plan living area. Dwg constructed in SPH Factory & to be transported to site upon completion where then placed on timber piles
- Multiple homes$2.2m
Construction of 2 detached dwgs & 3 blocks of 2 attached dwgs with associated site works including hardstanding, blockwork fences & retaining walls - subject to Section 77 certificate
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Erecting a 50.3 m2 gge for car, atv & garden tool storage. Gge to have attached verandah.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$200k
Positioning of a new transportable res dwg (bc230206) onsite where services, decks, & steps etc are to be installed along with on-site services.
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Construction of a 7x6 detached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of free standing masport r5000 woodfire
- New homes$150k
Construction of a two-bdrm res dwg consisting of two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry & metrofires 'tiny rad' solid fuel burner & gas connection. Dwg to be constructed on existing concrete foundation connected to existing on-site
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a woodsman stag solid fuel heater with wetback/booster connection
- Alterations and additions$1,500
Alterations to existing dwg including installing a wagener sparky ca wood burner amendment 1: bracing & cladding amended
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Storeroom add to exiting house
- Alterations and additions$95k
Alterations to existing dwg including installing a wagener sparky ca wood burner
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Suburbs in Cape Foulwind
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Cape Foulwind?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 50 new homes consented in the Buller District council area, with $24.8m of residential and $15m 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.