Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Flemington
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: 8 consents we hold in Flemington, 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 Flemington
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Feb 2020 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 additions1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Fires and heating1
typically $8,000
- New homes1
typically $437k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kProposed alt 465 Tourere Road, Flemington
8 consents
- Alterations and additions$200k
Proposed alt
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install yunca wegj freestanding fire heating
- New homes$437k
New dwg housing - detached
- Insulation$8,388
Install cosyfit insulation
- Fires and heating$7,250
Install masport freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$52k
New outbuilding outbuildings
- Pools and spas$10k
Swimming pool & fence outbuildings
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install firenzo contessa fire & flue with wetback heating
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Flemington
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Flemington?
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.