Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Dairy Flat
Councils consented $3.37b of non-residential building work in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 5% on the year before. Below: 15 commercial consents we hold in Dairy Flat, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Auckland, 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.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Local boards compared
The year to September 2026 against the year before.
| Local board | Non-residential | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Waitemata | $907m | +83% |
| Mangere-Otahuhu | $582m | −16% |
| Maungakiekie-Tamaki | $295m | +37% |
| Albert-Eden | $270m | +37% |
| Upper Harbour | $211m | +1% |
| Franklin | $195m | −12% |
| Manurewa | $168m | +225% |
| Henderson-Massey | $101m | −39% |
| Howick | $95.3m | −75% |
| Papakura | $90.9m | +81% |
| Otara-Papatoetoe | $85.2m | −53% |
| Rodney | $73.7m | −10% |
| Whau | $58.1m | +13% |
| Orakei | $52.7m | +10% |
| Kaipatiki | $51.2m | +23% |
| Devonport-Takapuna | $50.9m | +43% |
| Hibiscus and Bays | $44.7m | 0% |
| Puketapapa | $18.1m | −42% |
| Waitakere Ranges | $14.7m | +90% |
| Waiheke | $2m | −83% |
| Great Barrier | $210k | +200% |
Commercial consents on record in Dairy Flat
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 15 from 1 Jan 2020 to 1 Jul 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.
- Commercial alterations6
typically $243k
- New commercial buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.3m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.1mRbw - new 2-storey detached res dwg with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 1 office, 1 lounge, 1 family, attached triple gge. Site retaining walls, timber deck, on-site wastewater treatment a 9 Pukaki Lane, Dairy Flat
15 consents
- New commercial buildings$2.1m
Rbw - new 2-storey detached res dwg with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 1 office, 1 lounge, 1 family, attached triple gge. Site retaining walls, timber deck, on-site wastewater treatment a
- New commercial buildings$2.3m
Rbw - single level house, five bedrooms, four & a half bathrooms, office, living room, dining & family room, wine cellar, kitchen & scullery, laundry, internal access triple garages, internal ga
- Commercial alterations$90k
Rbw - the existing gge loft level needs to be fitted out. One bathrm, a gym, & a playroom will be added, as well as two skylights.
- Commercial alterations$500k
RBW new add to existing dbl storey dwg, of workshop, storage & library, office area. Also exist. Gge to be converted into master bdrm, new ensuite & laundry.
- Commercial alterations$500k
Construction of a in ground concrete pool, associated masonry gym structure & landscaping.
- Commercial alterations$10k
Amendment rbw masonry retaining wall added to end wall of gge...Floor slab thermally separated from wine cellar...Fireplace w all panel thickness increased. Roof over kitchen patio has been raised. Gym floor wall nib, grate drain &
- New commercial buildings$3.1m
RBW - primary residence - new two-storey dwg with five bedrooms, five & a half bathrooms, two study rooms, 1 office, & a th ree-internal access gge. Underground water tank & a wastewater
- Commercial alterations$300k
Rbw - a house extension including an ensuite, new office, & a new gge.
- Commercial alterations$185k
rbw - existing dwg renovations. Rear add for bdrm & office. Ensuite alt.
- Commercial alterations$400k
Rbw - alt & extension to existing res dwg comprising new dbl gge, carport, utility shed, & a storage barn. No changes to be made to existing home occupation (cheese factory).
- Commercial alterations$250k
Rbw - add to existing house & office. Conc. Slab & foundation masonry block walls, timber framed walls, bevelback w eatherboard & shadowclad cladding on ecoply rab, aluminium & timber joinery. Corrugated longrun roofing on truss & rafters. New s
- Commercial alterations$220k
new gge shed workshop with bathrm add.
- Fit-outs$90k
Rbw - interior fitout work with some new external joinery units & replacing feature direct fix cladding with hardies cladding on a cavity.
- New commercial buildings$289k
Rbw - proposed new minor dwg including three bedrooms, three bathrooms & a kitchen. Proposed new gge andnew office. New on-site effluent system
- Commercial alterations$19k
Amendment - extend deck, new roof over existing & new deck, omit gge & workshop
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Dairy Flat
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dairy Flat?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b 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.