Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Elsthorpe
36 new homes were consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. They also consented $9m of non-residential building work, down 4% on the year before. Below: 18 consents we hold in Elsthorpe, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Hawke's Bay District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Hawke's Bay 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 112 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Central Hawke's Bay 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.
- Farm buildings$3.8m
21 buildings · 4,963 m² new floor area · $765/m² new · +125% on the year before
- Education$1.9m
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $4,365/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.6m
3 buildings · 758 m² new floor area · $1,686/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$665k
+56% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$645k
1 building · 79 m² new floor area · $2,532/m² new · −76% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$150k
- Warehouses and storage$135k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $1,900/m² new · +1700% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$80k
1 building · 90 m² new floor area · $889/m² new · −96% on the year before
Consents on record in Elsthorpe
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Oct 2022 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.
- Fires and heating7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $580k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $88k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $3,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kNew dwg housing - detached 177 Williams Road, Kairākau Beach
- $95kTo relocate a 3 bdrm dwg from Napier to Kairakau 618 Kairakau Road, Elsthorpe
- $25kAlt to existing northern wall, to add a small 4 John Ross Place, Kairākau Beach
- $7,500Replace existing free standing soild fuel heater with a 13 Kairakau Beach Road, Kairākau Beach
- $5,500Install metro tiny rad freestanding fire heating 7 Brodie Place, Kairākau Beach
18 consents
- Relocated buildings$95k
To relocate a 3 bdrm dwg from Napier to Kairakau
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alt to existing northern wall, to add a small
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing free standing soild fuel heater with a
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install a new metro tiny rad woody freestanding fire with a heating
- New homes$200k
New dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install metro tiny rad freestanding fire heating
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Internal alterations, to cover in deck area add ensuite & housing - detached
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install tarra mk111 freestanding fire heating
- Alterations and additions$1m
External & internal alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$50k
Install lift into existing dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro xtreme rad freestanding fire heating
- Relocated buildings$80k
Relocate dwg
- New homes$1m
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Install wet floor shower housing - detached
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install metro wee rad freestanding fire heating
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install freestanding fire heating
- New homes$580k
New dwg housing - detached
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Install toilet into existing bathrm housing - detached
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Suburbs in Elsthorpe
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Elsthorpe?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 36 new homes consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area, with $27.3m of residential and $9m 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.