Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Foxton Beach
185 new homes were consented in the Horowhenua District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. They also consented $21.6m of non-residential building work, up 28% on the year before. In Foxton Beach itself, 13 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 312 consents we hold in Foxton Beach, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Horowhenua District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Foxton Beach’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Horowhenua 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 363 in 2021.
New homes in Foxton Beach
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Foxton Beach. In the year to September 2026: 13 houses, 0 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 — Horowhenua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.2m
2 buildings · 2,215 m² new floor area · $4,063/m² new · +713% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.6m
1 building · 70 m² new floor area · $2,857/m² new · +67% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.5m
1 building · 420 m² new floor area · $4,762/m² new · +234% on the year before
- Education$2.9m
1 building · 49 m² new floor area · $1,020/m² new · +91% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.3m
14 buildings · 2,420 m² new floor area · $531/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Offices$902k
1 building · 207 m² new floor area · $1,643/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$245k
−96% on the year before
Consents on record in Foxton Beach
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 312 from 1 Sep 2008 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.
- New homes51
6 in the last 12 months · typically $430k
- Fires and heating45
9 in the last 12 months · typically $6,200
- Alterations and additions39
9 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports22
3 in the last 12 months · typically $59k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
typically $250k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $32k
- Pools and spas2
typically $40k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $59k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $680k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mNew res dwg remove existing dwg, leaving existing gge in place. Construct two storey res dwg with dependent dwg on ground floor & gge, entry & service rooms. First floor to have living spaces, bathrm & 26 Mack Street
- $680kTwo bdrm duplex 18 Brown Terrace
- $603kNew res dwg to construct a new 2 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge 10 Koa Rise
- $600kNew res dwg 3 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. 5 Snappers Lane
- $455kNew res dwg construction of a new 3 bdrm dwg with study 21A Carex Grove
312 consents
- New homes$325k
New res dwg 2 bdrm, 1 bathrm versatile home
- Fires and heating$7,600
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro xtreme rad base freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$3,500
Fireplace freestanding install new metro free standing wood burner in louge with peatration through ceiling & roof with pan flashing.
- Alterations and additions$50k
New yard built dwg relocate to site relocation of a new yard built 40m� unit
- Alterations and additions$100k
Res additions & alterations removal of existing cladding & replace with new accoya vertical shiplap weatherboards. As existing shadow clad cladding provides some bracing, new external ply bracing is also to be installed.
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Res additions & alterations installation of an aluminium window to bdrm wall
- Fires and heating$9,400
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new yunca monte multi fuel freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$70k
Res additions & alterations lowered joists under new level entry shower, new toilet, widened front door & other internal alterations
- Alterations and additions$63k
Res additions & alterations add an extra bdrm 17m2 to an existing building. A new kitchen sink connection into the existing consented bathrm
- Alterations and additions$350k
Res additions & alterations re-instatement building works as a result of an upper storey fire.
- Garages, sheds and carports$62k
Gge/shed - no services 9.0m long x 7.2m wide dbl gge
- Fires and heating$5,800
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad woody freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- New homes$320k
New res dwg 2 bdrm house with internal access gge
- New homes$603k
New res dwg to construct a new 2 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$7,700
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new Ltd metro xtreme rad woody freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$11k
Fireplace - inbuilt supply & install firenzo athena bay wood fire into existing masonry cavity.
- Alterations and additions$85k
Res additions & alterations add of a bdrm & re-location of an existing wc
- New homes$1.5m
New res dwg remove existing dwg, leaving existing gge in place. Construct two storey res dwg with dependent dwg on ground floor & gge, entry & service rooms. First floor to have living spaces, bathrm &
- New homes$600k
New res dwg 3 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$85k
Gge/shed - with firewall construction of a new gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$16k
Res additions & alterations re-position the plumbing fittings in an existing bathrm
- Fires and heating$6,100
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new kent Cardrona freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Gge/shed - no services construct a new pole shed
- New homes$455k
New res dwg construction of a new 3 bdrm dwg with study
- Alterations and additions$42k
Res additions & alterations alterations to bathrm including a new entry level shower
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Foxton Beach?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 185 new homes consented in the Horowhenua District council area, with $105m of residential and $21.6m 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.